Supreme Court sceptical about binding SIR Tribunals to timeline; seeks disposal details
The Supreme Court of India is reviewing the efficiency of Appellate Tribunals handling voter exclusion cases in West Bengal. While the court declined to impose a strict timeline for case disposal, it requested data from the Election Commission to assess if the current administrative architecture requires restructuring.
: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) hesitated to bind Appellate Tribunals, hearing applications filed by persons excluded from the West Bengal electoral roll in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, to a specific timeline even as it sought details of their disposal rates from the Election Commission of India.
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