Key Facts: India’s Election Commission is running a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in 12 states and UTs in 2025. Unlike 2002, many 2025 voters must now prove a link to the 2002 voter list using their own or parents’/grandparents’ details. In 2002, officials went door-to-door, verified every entry themselves, and did not ask citizens to link to any older list. The article says the 2002 process was more inclusive, with stronger accountability on officials and e

TL;DR:  India’s top court 🇮🇳 is hearing urgent petitions today (July 10, 2025) against the Election Commission’s “Special Intensive...