SIR in Tamil Nadu: Election Commission releases final list, over 74 lakh names deleted in poll-bound state

The Election Commission on Monday published the final electoral roll for Tamil Nadu following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The poll-bound state now has 5,67,07,380. Around 74 lakh voters were deleted through the SIR exercise. Before the SIR exercise began, the number of voters in Tamil Nadu was 6.41 crore. The electorate has now dropped…

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SIR in Tamil Nadu | Supreme Court directs ECI to publish 1.16 crore names served notices citing ‘discrepancy’

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure transparency in the verification of the ‘logical discrepancy’ list published during the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, legal news website LiveLaw reported. A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya…

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