Parmod KumarNew Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on petitions filed by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and several INDIA bloc leaders challenging alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which began in Bihar on June 25, 2025, and was subsequently extended to 12 States and union Territories.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi sought responses from the ECI and the CEC and tagged the petitions with other matters already pending before the court concerning the SIR.

The notice has also been issued to the Election Commissioners Su...