The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, said it would hear on October 28 a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to place in public domain the list of electors issued notices during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in Delhi along with specific reasons for each notice.
\n\nAdvocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, mentioned the matter before a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
\n\nBhushan said petitioners have filed an application seeking a direction to the EC to provide an appropriate mechanism for inclusion of those voters, whose names were omitted from the electoral roll pursuant to SIR in Delhi, without requiring them to declare that they are applying for inclusion for the first time.
\n\nHe said the period for filing claims and objections under the SIR in Delhi has been extended till October 30 after which the final voter list would be published.
\n\nBhushan said the apex court had last month issued notice on the main petition and the matter is likely to come up for hearing on October 30.
\n\nHe requested the bench that the plea be heard before October 30. The bench advanced the date of hearing in the…
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