India, Oct. 6 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday declined to pass any urgent order restraining the Election Commission of India (ECI) from deleting voters' names from Maharashtra's electoral rolls, noting that matters pertaining to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process are pending before the Supreme Court, and no purpose would be served with a parallel litigation.

A division bench of chief justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and justice Advait Sethna also said there was a need to maintain "judicial propriety" following the Supreme Court's November 2025 order restraining high courts from hearing petitions regarding the validity of the SIR in their respective states or any other aspects related to the process.

The remarks came after th...