Punjab, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Election Commission, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and both Election Commissioners on a petition by Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. It also said one of the petitioners will have to explain his conduct before his notice is confirmed.
The order
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi sought responses from the ECI, Kumar, and Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The new petition will be heard alongside pleas already pending that challenge the SIR's validity in various states, and it seeks interim suspension of the exercise in some of them.
The case is Rahul ...