The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition on Monday, September 21, challenging the widespread deletion of names from Delhi’s voter list conducted during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice V Mohana scheduled the hearing for early next week after noting that several other petitions concerning the revision process are already listed before the court.
Petitioner Cites Lack Of Transparency In Deletion Process
Representing the petitioner, advocate Prashant Bhushan informed the bench that the Election Commission has removed 47 lakh names from the capital’s voter rolls, with notices dispatched to 33 lakh individuals.
Bhushan contended that the poll body failed to maintain transparency, pointing out that authorities have neither made public the names of those served with notices nor specified the grounds for their removal. He added that the commission has not explained the logical discrepancies cited in the process or clarified how the affected individuals were classified as unmapped.
Revision Removes One In Three Delhi Voters
The deletions stem from a draft electoral roll published by the Election Commission on August 31. Under that revision, 47 lakh individuals were struck off out of Delhi’s total electorate of 1.45 crore, representing approximately one in every three registered voters in the Union Territory.
According to figures released by the poll authority, the majority of the removals—exceeding 43.32 lakh individuals—involved voters identified as having relocated or who were absent during the verification drive. In addition, more than 2.82 lakh voters were confirmed dead, while over 1.41 lakh names were struck off due to duplicate registrations across multiple constituencies.
