Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition raising concerns over the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra and posted the matter for hearing on October 5.
The petition, filed on behalf of two businessmen, was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna. The petitioners' counsel submitted that the plea raised an important issue concerning citizens' rights.
The counsel told the bench that the matter was extremely urgent and claimed that at least 2.10 crore citizens' names were likely to be deleted from the state's voter list, according to a news portal.
The petition does not seek to stop the SIR exercise ...