Supreme Court notice on INDIA bloc’s SIR petition: What the court did, what it did not and what is reported

What the court did: issued notice to the Election Commission, the Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners on all prayers.

What it did not do: decide the merits or suspend the SIR; reports mention no interim order.

What is reported: the Chief Justice said the court would ask one petitioner about his conduct, and LiveLaw identifies the petitioner as Sanjay Raut, with no response from him in the reports.

Also reported: notices on a separate plea seeking restrictions on protests within court premises.

Not stated: a next hearing date for this petition.

The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Election Commission of India, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, according to LiveLaw.

Notice was also issued on a plea by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and a separate plea by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, according to the same report.

Reports say the bench directed that the petition be tagged with other pending matters challenging the SIR in various states, and that state-wise petitions would be heard separately, according to the Sentinel and other reports.

LiveLaw did not state a next hearing date for this petition and said similar SIR matters are listed for Tuesday.

The petitioners include Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Saugata Roy, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Sanjay Raut, M A Baby, D Raja, Supriya Sule and others, according to LiveLaw.

The petition, filed on October 12, seeks an independent audit of deletions and modifications in the electoral rolls and an interim suspension of the SIR, according to reports.

It also asks for disclosure of the Election Commission’s files, minutes and notings on disputed SIR decisions, and for the file on its June 24, 2025 decision to launch the SIR, according to LiveLaw and Business Today.

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