Special one-day SIR camp at all polling booths in Punjab on July 19
The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is currently underway across Punjab and will continue until August 3.
The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is currently underway across Punjab and will continue until August 3.
The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
"The Election Commission has heard our case today, and now we are waiting. We are in our fight," Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.
The 1998-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre is replacing Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who was earlier appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary.
According to officials, Punjab currently has around 2.14 crore registered voters, and the revision exercise aims to update the electoral database ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections in the state.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state government, raised the issue through an urgent mentioning.
Asking the Centre and the ECI to file their responses and posting the matter for hearing after six weeks, a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi while expressing doubts over the effectiveness of said regulations, said that the issue raises some constitutional questions.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday held an extensive review meeting in Chennai to assess poll preparedness for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2026.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued the clarification after concerns were raised by the Election Commission whether the admit card could be treated as a standalone proof of identity.
"The BJP's intentions were bad then and remain bad now," he claimed.
