India, Jan. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to extend the deadline, preferably by two weeks, for filing objections and to publicly display the list of voters removed from the draft electoral roll in Kerala following the special intensive revision (SIR).

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant passed the order after hearing the petitioners' grievance that nearly 24 lakh voters had been deleted from the draft roll and that the list had not been made public, leading to confusion as the deadline for submitting claims ends on January 22.

"Having regard to the difficulties allegedly being experienced by people in the state, we allow the ECI to extend time," the bench, also ...