India, May 27 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of the special intensive revision (SIR) conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), ruling that the exercise furthered the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections and that the measures adopted by the poll panel were legitimate, proportionate, and accompanied by adequate procedural safeguards.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi held that the SIR undertaken under Article 324 of the Constitution and Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, was neither contrary to the statutory framework governing electoral rolls nor an impermissible assumption of citizenship adjudication powers by ...