Setback to Opposition as Kerala High Court refuses to defer SIR in state

In a setback to the opposition’s anti-SIR agenda, the Kerala High Court has refused to entertain the state government's petition seeking to defer the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state till completion of local body polls.

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Noting that petitions against SIR in other states were pending before the Supreme Court, Justice VG Arun on Friday said, "Judicial discipline and comity also require this court to refrain from entertaining the writ petition. For the aforementioned