India, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing in a batch of petitions challenging the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI), giving petitioners 10 days to file a rejoinder to a counter-affidavit the poll body filed a day earlier.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing pleas against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, which allege that several ECI decisions - including those on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls - were taken without the concurrence of the other two election commissioners.

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and INDIA bloc leaders, asked the...