Bhubaneswar, Feb. 24 -- In a significant development concerning West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the deployment of judicial officers from Odisha and Jharkhand to expedite the adjudication of claims and objections. The move comes amid concerns that the limited number of judges in West Bengal may delay the time-bound verification process.

Referring to a letter from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court dated February 22, the bench noted that nearly 50 lakh cases involving logical discrepancies or unmapped categories require adjudication. With only 250 judicial officers currently available, even if each officer disposes of 250 matters daily, the process would ta...