NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on September 21 a plea against deletion of names from electoral roll under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Delhi.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said it will hear matter on Monday, as other matters related to SIR exercises are also listed next week.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan appearing for petitioners -- Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri -- submitted before the apex court that out of 47 lakh people whose names have been deleted from electoral roll in Delhi, the poll panel has issued notice to 33 lakh people.
Hearing these submission, the top court on Thursday decided to hear the plea on Monday, September 21.
The petitioners -- Bhardwaj and Johri -- in their writ plea filed in the Supreme Court challenged the alleged failure of the ECI and the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer to disclose the names of voters issued notices during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, along with the specific reasons for issuing such notices.
They sought a direction from the apex court for disclosure of the criteria, definitions, algorithmic parameters and operational guidelines governing the classification of voters under the category of 'Logical Discrepancies'.
During the mentioning before the top court on Thursday, Bhushan alleged that the names of persons who have received notices have not been disclosed on the website, while some voters have received notices and others have not.
"The notices do not specify why the concerned voters have been asked to appear before the electoral authorities," he submitted.
The plea -- which was filed under Article 32 of the Constitution -- alleged violations of fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21, besides constitutional rights under Articles 325 and 326.
"A direction be madefor publication of a consolidated, searchable list of all electors issued notices during the Delhi SIR, along with their addresses and the specific reason or category for each notice," said the petition.