Parmod KumarNew Delhi, May 27 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls carried out by the Election Commission of India, holding that it is well within the powers of the poll panel to undertake such an exercise and that it advances the constitutional goal of free and fair elections.
Holding that the SIR exercise, which began with Bihar and was later extended to 12 States and union Territories, could not be invalidated merely because it did not conform in every respect to the ordinary modalities contemplated for revision under Section 21(2) read with Rule 25, a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that the revision of electora...