Chennai, 16 Oct 2026: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to ECI on a petition filed by Leader of Opposi tion Rahul Gandhi and I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special I ntensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the ECI, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commis sioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. During the hearing, the CJI orally remarked, “We would also ask one of the petitioners about his conduct.”
The remark comes after Gandhi, along with Congress and other Opposition leaders, led a march towards the Supreme Court on October 12, triggering a large gathering and commo tion within the court premises. Although Gandhi was initially expected to submit the petition personally, it was filed through lawyers as the Supreme Court Registry was nearing its closing time. The leaders later visited the Registry,leading to further crowding in the court precincts.
The petitioners include Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Saugata Roy of the Trinamool Congress, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samaj wadi Party, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of the RJD, Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena (UBT), M.A. Baby of the CPM, D. Raja of the CPI, Mahua Majhi of the JMM, Supriya Sule of the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and ET Muhammed Basheer of the IUML. VCK presi dent Thol. Thiruma valavan and National Conference MP Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo subsequently joined the petition.