New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday, October 15, sought the Election Commission's response on a plea by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders alleging large-scale deletion of voters and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The court also issued notice to Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and others on a separate plea against their march to the apex court on Monday, October 12, observing that "nobody can browbeat judiciary."

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the poll panel, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. It said ...