SC says ‘will examine’ petitioners’ ‘innocuous’ plea to direct ECI to preserve or file in court ‘complete’ SIR records
India's Supreme Court will review a petition by opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, seeking an order that the Election Commission preserve and submit its complete SIR (Service Inability Report) records to the court. The commission's affidavit says its actions complied with law and that the chief election commissioner can be removed only via a procedure similar to that for a Supreme Court judge.