SIR clears a legal hurdle

​Validating flaws: on the Supreme Court and the SIR

India's Supreme Court upheld the ECI's Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls, which cut 6.5 crore names—over 10% of the electoral register—across 13 states. The ruling retrospectively validates the process without confronting documented arbitrary deletions and systematic minority exclusions, setting a precedent for wide administrative power over electoral integrity.