New Delhi/IBNS, Sept. 29 -- The Supreme Court will next week hear the petition filed against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who is under fire over an explosive investigative report on controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR), media reports said.

The petition was filed by senior advocate Vikas Singh.

The controversy follows a report by The Indian Express that detailed differences within the three-member Election Commission involving CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.

According to the investigation, Sandhu and Joshi formally raised objections at least 14 times over a period of 10 months to decisions and orders concerning electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (...