Senior advocate Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, appearing for the Election Commission of India (ECI), informed the Bench that the Supreme Court is set to hear the main SIR challenge on October 8.
“The interim order continues to remain – various HCs and states to not consider this,” he argued.
The ECI relied on an order passed on November 11, 2025 by Supreme Court. Paragraph 5 of the Supreme Court order states:
“Since this Court is seized of the matter pertaining to validity of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in various States, including Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry etc., we request the jurisdictional High Courts to keep in abeyance/defer the writ proceedings, if any, filed in those High Courts touching the validity of the SIR of electoral rolls in their respective States.”
Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, appearing for the petitioner, countered the argument. He argued that the order did not apply to Maharashtra and that his petition was different.
However, the bench stated that it would be judicial impropriety to hear proceedings simultaneously.
Ambedkar then requested for a stay on the voter deletion in Maharashtra till the petition is heard next.
But the bench declined to intervene considering Supreme Court’s order.
“If the Supreme Court has made a specific request and despite that High Court is proceeding, how can we stop? How can this be done? This cannot be done,” the bench said.
It noted that the next date of hearing in Supreme Court is on October 8.
“October 8 is not far away,” the Court remarked while posting the matter for further hearing after 3 weeks.