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SC upholds EC's power to conduct SIR, says exercise important for free and fair elections
Updated On: 27 May, 2026 12:26 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The Bench said that they were unable to conclude that the impugned exercise is a process resorted to solely for administrative convenience; On the contrary, they held that the electoral SIR advances the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections
Supreme Court of India upheld EC's power to conduct SIR. File pic
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the power of the Election Commission of India to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls, saying that it "advances the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections".
It can't be said that the poll panel acted outside statutory powers by exercising SIR, observed a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant.
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