New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 4 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the Supreme Court on Tuesday to be present during the hearing on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Security has been beefed up outside the court.

Her appearance comes a day after the Chief Minister alleged that she was "humiliated" by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a meeting in New Delhi.

Last month, the Supreme Court had pulled up the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its handling of the controversial SIR exercise, which is currently underway in 12 states, including poll-bound West Bengal.

The apex court directed the poll panel to carry out verification of voters flagged under the "logical discrepancies" categor...