Election Commission Of India: ‘ECI didn’t act outside its statutory powers’: SC upholds poll body’s SIR exercise in Bihar, Bengal and other states | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the Election Commission of India (ECI) “did not act outside its statutory powers” while conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), ruling that the exercise could not be termed “ultra vires merely because it differs from the ordinary revision process”.“SIR fulfils proportionality and are not manifestely execessive….
