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Supreme Court to Hear Rahul Gandhi Plea on Voter List Irregularities
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News18•14-10-2026, 23:45
Supreme Court to Hear Rahul Gandhi Plea on Voter List Irregularities
- •The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders concerning alleged large-scale voter deletions.
- •The plea challenges the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and will be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
- •The petitioners are seeking the formation of an independent committee headed by a retired apex court judge to audit deletions and modifications in the voter rolls.
- •The bench will also address separate petitions regarding protests, metro station closures, and train disruptions stemming from the October 10 agitation in Delhi.
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea filed by Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders concerning alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The petition requests an independent audit of these deletions and modifications by a retired apex court judge-led committee.
According to the cause list for October 15, the petition will be heard by a bench consisting of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
The bench will also address separate petitions regarding protests, metro station closures, and train service disruptions that occurred ahead of the October 10 agitation in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
