SIR hearing LIVE: SC says Chief Justice of Calcutta can additionally deploy civil judges for SIR process
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SIR hearing LIVE: Read the updates from The Hindu Live as the Supreme Court hears the SIR case on February 24, 2026
The Supreme Court is hearing on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) please challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
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In the previous hearing on February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court Bench ordered Calcutta High Court to depute current and former judicial officers to help with the SIR process in the State saying the persistent “trust deficit” between the Mamata Banerjee government and the Election Commission (EC) has led to a “stalemate”, with time running out.
About 250 judicial officers engaged in the last leg of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal after the Supreme Court order started their work on Monday (February 23, 2026). The final electoral rolls are scheduled to be published on February 28.
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