India, Oct. 13 -- Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, along with INDIA bloc leaders, reached the Supreme Court, seeking an interim stay on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleged poll irregularities.

The Supreme Court said the petition has 14 "defects", including a Rs 220 shortfall in court fees. The Supreme Court also cited missing authorisations from nine petitioners and an illegible photocopy of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's identity card.

According to sources, the registry asked the filing lawyer to submit a clear copy of the ID card of Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, who is one of the co-petitioners in the case.

The registry listed objecti...