India, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to list a petition challenging the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra along with the plea filed by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging the Election Commission of India's controversial exercise, saying it will hear the matter state-wise.

"The problem is that there cannot be a generalised challenge to SIR. We have to look at it state-wise," said Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, after senior advocate Arvind Datar mentioned the plea challenging SIR process in Maharashtra before the court.

Datar sought an urgent listing of the petition, saying that SIR data from Maharashtra was shocking as ar...