The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, stating that the exercise was constitutional and within the powers granted to the poll body under the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate intervention to stop Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu reservoir project on the Cauvery river. In his letter, Vijay argued that the project violates the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award as well as the Supreme Court’s 2018 judgment on river water sharing.
