SIR

Hindu Voice Team: The question before the court was whether applications filed under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) can be considered as valid documentation for inclusion under the State‑level Intensive Review (SIR) mechanism (or the “SIR”). This issue arises because of concerns among religious minority migrants coming from neighbouring countries, who apply under the …

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Hindu Voice Team: A political storm has erupted in the Bankura district of West Bengal after claims emerged that numerous Muslim-sounding names have been listed under households that are reportedly Hindu. The dispute pits the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the run-up to the upcoming state assembly …

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Hindu Voice Team: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in states preparing for upcoming assembly elections — a move that officials say aims to remove duplicate, dead, and otherwise ineligible names from voter lists. While the Commission asserts its institutional autonomy to carry out the …

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