West Bengal SIR: 47 lakh objections disposed of till March 31, Calcutta High Court chief justice informs Supreme Court

p>New Delhi: About 47 lakh of the 60 lakh objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal have been disposed of till March 31, the chief justice of Calcutta High Court Sujoy Paul informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said they received a letter from the chief justice of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday..

SIR in West Bengal: Supreme Court to consider plea against deletion of electors from electoral rolls. "We are quite happy and very optimistic about the facts and figures," the CJI Kant said, adding that they were informed that around around 1.

75 lakh to 2 lakh objections are being dealt with everyday. Paul further said in the letter that all objections will be decided by April 7. The hearing in the matter is underway.

The top court is hearing a batch of pleas relating to the ongoing SIR in West Bengal. The Assembly election in the state is scheduled in two phases on April 23 and April 29. The counting and the result will be declared on May 4.