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Supreme Court directs 65 Bengal poll duty staff to approach tribunals
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India's Supreme Court directed petitioners, including 65 on election duty in West Bengal whose names were deleted from the voter list after Special Intensive Revision (SIR), to approach appellate tribunals. The court refused their plea for immediate voting rights. It also praised the record 92.88% turnout and peaceful polling in the first phase.
The Election Commission has published the second supplementary voters' list for West Bengal under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, with over 37 lakh adjudication cases disposed of. This follows the first list released on March 23, covering about 29 lakh cases.
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Karnataka's Revenue Department has refused a blanket exemption for women teachers above 50 from Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and National Census-2027 duties. The Department of School Education and Literacy proposed this following teachers' associations' representations. Principal Secretary Munish Moudgil said district authorities can decide based on resources.