India, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday extended the deadline for the completion of the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls in West Bengal by a week. "We direct that one week more time shall be granted beyond Feb 14 to the ERO (Electoral Registration Officer) to complete scrutiny and take a decision," the court said in its interim order on the plea filed by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee against the SIR exercise in the state.

However, while ordering the extension, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant said the top court would not "create any impediments in completion of SIR", while assuring that it would remove all hurdles during the revision of voter rolls, Bar and Bench reported.

In the interim directi...