Supreme Court asks EC to consider further extending deadline for voter list revision in Kerala

The Supreme Court on Tuesday recommended that the Election Commission further extend the deadline from December 11 for submitting enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Kerala, reported Live Law.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made the recommendation in view of the ongoing preparations for local body elections in the state.

Local body polls in Kerala are scheduled in two phases on December 9 and December 11, with counting on December 13.

Kerala is also among the 12 states and Union Territories where the exercise to revise electoral rolls is underway.

The Left Democratic Front government in the state has moved the Supreme Court seeking to postpone the revision exercise until after the local body elections are conducted.

On Sunday, the Election Commission extended by one week the timeline for the exercise. The last date of submitting the forms was extended to December 11 from December 4.

As per the updated schedule, the draft electoral rolls will be published on December 16 instead of December 9. Voters will be able to file their claims and objections between December 16 and January 15, and hearings will be held by February 7 instead of January 31.

The final electoral rolls are to be published on February 14 instead of February 7.

On Tuesday, after...

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