By Admin 
On the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists going on in Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court has asked the petitioners why they are so apprehensive about the exercise. The court has issued a notice to the Election Commission on the petitions filed against Bengal and Tamil Nadu SIR.
According to the report of Bar and Bench, on Tuesday (November 11, 2025), the bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing six petitions filed against the ongoing SIR in Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The ruling party in the state, DMK Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), CPIM and Congress have filed petitions regarding SIR taking place in Tamil Nadu, while Congress filed the petition for Bengal.
The court has sent a notice to the Election Commission on the petitions and sought its response. The court has also asked the petitioners why they are so apprehensive about the SIR. The court told the petitioners that if they were satisfied with the reply, they would cancel the exercise. Earlier, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, on behalf of DMK, argued in the court that this process is being done in a hurry, whereas earlier it used to take three years to revise the voter list. This is the first time that this process is happening so quickly.
Kapil Sibal said that the Election Commission is saying that the process will be done in a month. He said that the ultimate thing will be that lakhs of people will be removed from the voter list. On this the court said, ‘You have filed your counter. We are issuing notice. If we are satisfied, we will cancel the process. We are issuing notices on all writ petitions. Hearing is already going on in the court regarding Bihar SIR.
SIR was first started from Bihar in the month of June, against which many people including Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Federation for Indian Women filed petitions. Although the process has been completed in Bihar, the matter is still pending in the court.