New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a series of directions to ensure transparency and fairness in the verification of voters placed in the 'logical discrepancy' category during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that around 1.16 crore persons whose names appeared in the draft voter rolls had been served notices by officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI), citing logical discrepancies and seeking verification.
The bench extended to Tamil Nadu the directions issued by the court last week in connection with the SIR exercise in West Bengal.
Under the directions, the names of persons fall...