Bengal SIR Hearing Live Updates: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has become the most prominent issue ahead of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. As polling day approaches, the state's political atmosphere is growing increasingly charged, with fresh developments emerging almost every day.
Against this backdrop, the Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of pleas related to the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in West Bengal today.
Meanwhile, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also scheduled to appear in person before the Delhi High Court today in connection with the alleged excise policy scam, the Aam Aadmi Party said. According to the party, Kejriwal and several other accused have filed an application seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the case.
Here Are The Bengal SIR Hearing Live Updates:
Bengal SIR Hearing Live: Supreme Court Directs Probe Agency To Investigate Malda Incident
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over cases related to the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda, observing that the bureaucracy's credibility was being lowered and politics was being injected into the West Bengal secretariat and government offices.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi exercised its plenary power under Article 142 of the Constitution to transfer around 12 cases related to the April 1 incident, as rioting is not a scheduled offence under the NIA Act.
-PTI
Bengal SIR Hearing Live: "Sheer Failure": Supreme Court Raps Top Bengal Officer Over Malda Incident
"Sheer Failure": Supreme Court Raps Top Bengal Officer Over Malda Incident
Bengal SIR Hearing Live: "If State Machinery Fails...": Top Court On Threat To Bengal SIR Officers
"If State Machinery Fails...": Top Court On Threat To Bengal SIR Officers
Bengal SIR Hearing Live: Judicial Officers Decide Over 59 Lakh Claims Objections
Judicial officers have decided over 59 lakh claims and objections till noon of those removed from voters' lists in West Bengal.
-PTI
"I Will Argue My Own Case": Arvind Kejriwal
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, "I will argue my own case."
Bengal SIR Hearing Live: Show-Cause Notice Issued To Malda Official After Judicial Officers Were Gheraoed
The District Magistrate of West Bengal's Malda has issued a show-cause notice to the Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order) after seven judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed on April 1.
The showcause notice dated April 4 was served to Shaikh Ansar Ahmad over "Serious lapse in duty and failure to report ground situation to higher authority on 1st April 2026, regarding the condition of Judicial Officers at Kaliachak."
The notice mentions that the ADM (Law and Order)'s active communication with the Sub-Divisional Officer and the Block Development Officer established that he was "fully aware of the developments unfolding on the ground and cannot claim ignorance of the prevailing situation."
(ANI)
Arvind Kejriwal To Argue In Person Before Delhi Court In Liquor Policy Case
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will appear and argue in person before the Delhi High Court on Monday in a case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, the Aam Aadmi Party said.
Bengal SIR Hearing Live: Malda Hostage Shocker "Mastermind" Arrested, He Points To SIR Protest
Mofakkerul Islam, the 'mastermind' behind the huge protests and hostage shocker in West Bengal's Malda, has been arrested from the Siliguri Bagdogra airport. Along with Mofakkerul, his aide, Ekramul Bagni, was also arrested on the charges of instigating the incident.
Bengal SIR Hearing Live: Bengal Officers Held Hostage In Malda Had Complained. Administration Says 'No Such Letter'
The judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR (an exhaustive revision of electoral rolls), who were held hostage in Bengal's Malda this week had a deep foreboding about what was to unfold.
