Supreme Court says legality of 'logical discrepancy' voter deletions is yet to be tested

The Supreme Court has said it is yet to decide the constitutionality of using 'logical discrepancy' as a ground to remove voters from electoral rolls, during the hearing on petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of rolls in Delhi. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana noted that the ground was never an issue when the court upheld the Bihar SIR, because it had not been used there, and that its use in West Bengal was only an interim arrangement, not a final decision. The court also questioned how entries in the 2003 voter list could be reopened on this ground, and told the Election Commission not to treat October 30 as a cut-off date, asking it to keep accepting Forms 6 and 8 and to reach out to voters. The Indian Express (Indian Express)

• The Supreme Court has said it is yet to decide the constitutionality of using 'logical discrepancy' as a ground to remove voters from electoral rolls, during the hearing on petitions challenging the Special Intensive Rev
• A three-judge bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana noted that the ground was never an issue when the court upheld the Bihar SIR, because it had not been used there, and that its
• The court also questioned how entries in the 2003 voter list could be reopened on this ground, and told the Election Commission not to treat October 30 as a cut-off date, asking it to keep accepting Forms 6 and 8 and to