India, Sept. 27 -- Poll panel also eases hearings and extends electoral roll deadlines in Delhi, Maharashtra.

Amid reports of differences among the three Election Commissioners over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and other aspects of the poll panel's functioning, the Election Commission on Saturday made an emphatic assertion that its key decisions on the exercise were taken with the unanimous approval of the full Commission.

In a press note issued after a meeting of the Commission on Saturday, the ECI specifically stated that the SIR order issued on 24 June 2025 for all States and Union Territories, beginning with Bihar and followed by West Bengal and 30 other States and UTs, was issued with the "unanimous appro...