‘SIR Meets Proportionality Test’ Conclusions Drawn from Supreme Court Judgment: Supreme Court ‘SIR

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted for revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. The Court ruled that the exercise is legally valid and does not violate the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 or the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. The judgment was delivered in a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s…