Why it is in the news
On 17 September 2026, Advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant a writ petition under Article 32 challenging the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, and the Court agreed to take it up, listing it for 21 September 2026 with other Delhi SIR matters. The petition, Anjali Bharadwaj and Another v. Election Commission of India, does not challenge the SIR itself. It challenges the opacity of the notices issued under it: 33,12,919 electors in the draft roll have been served notices, of whom 19,33,134 are flagged for “Logical Discrepancies” and 13,79,785 for “No Mapping” — two categories that appear in no published Commission instruction. A further 47,56,722 electors were excluded from the draft roll altogether.
The exam angle
Issue: Where should the line fall between the Election Commission's plenary power to secure an accurate electoral roll and the individual elector's right to reasons, notice and an effective opportunity to be heard?