India, Oct. 6 -- The Telangana High Court on Monday sought an explanation from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on why a petitioner was excluded from the electoral roll without being served notice and what action was taken after another petitioner responded to a notice during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

A Bench of Justice P Sam Koshy and Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda was hearing a writ petition challenging the use of AI-assisted automation in the SIR process in S Q Masood and another vs Election Commission of India and others.

The court listed the matter for further hearing on October 13.

Senior advocate L Ravichander, appearing for the petitioners, argued that the SIR process involved AI-based autom...