Context: voter roll revision West Bengal
Over 27 lakh voters excluded in West Bengal after judicial review under Special Intensive Revision, leading to ~12% fall in electorate (7.66 cr → 6.75 cr); total deletions since SIR began: 91 lakh.
Special Intensive Revision
• Complete re-verification of electoral rolls
• Triggered by large discrepancies / doubtful entries
Constitutional provisions
• Article 324 → ECI control over elections
• Article 325 → No exclusion on discriminatory grounds
• Article 326 → Adult suffrage
Key laws, sections and rules
RPA 1950
• Sec 21 → Revision of rolls
• Sec 22 → Correction of entries
• Sec 23 → Inclusion of names
Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
• Rule 13 → Preparation of electoral rolls
• Rule 21A → Deletion of names
• Rule 26 → Correction of entries
Supreme Court safeguards
• Prior notice before deletion
• Opportunity of hearing
• Right to appeal
