Kerala Requests Extension for SIR Date

The Kerala state government asked the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for submitting forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

The state said it needs more time because local body elections are happening at the same time, which causes logistical problems.

The Supreme Court told the Election Commission to consider Kerala's request sympathetically and make a decision quickly.

The Election Commission had already extended the deadline once, but the state said government employees need more time to submit their own forms.

The Supreme Court also noted that while the Election Commission doesn't have any problems, some political parties do.

The state had earlier asked the High Court for help, but the High Court told them to go to the Supreme Court instead.

The Supreme Court is also looking at other challenges to the SIR exercise, including concerns that it might be creating an indirect National Register of Citizens (NRC) without Parliament's approval.