West Bengal SIR hearing LIVE: Mamata Banerjee appears in person before CJI-led Bench in Supreme Court

In the previous hearing on January 19, 2026, the Supreme Court had criticized the Election Commission for the “stress and tension” created by the common people of the State of West Bengal, through its ongoing exercise of Special Intensive Revision (SIR), where it had received notifications from the poll agency disclosing “logical inconsistencies” in the names and family backgrounds of 1.36 crore people, constituting almost 20% of the population.

Addressing the Election Commission, represented by senior lawyer Rakesh Dwivedi, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, a member of the three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, said: “Look at the pressure and stress it has created on the common people. More than a million people have been notified.”

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