Supreme Court to hear SIR challenge and detention petitions as Delhi police plan Tiranga march security
The Supreme Court will consider petitions on the Election Commission’s SIR exercise and recent mass detentions, while Delhi Police prepare security for a planned Tiranga march.
The Supreme Court of India will hear a series of petitions on Thursday, including a challenge by Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders to the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging large-scale voter deletions. The court will also consider separate filings related to the mass detentions of protesters, journalists and others during recent anti-Chief Election Commissioner demonstrations.
Concurrently, Delhi Police senior officers are meeting at headquarters to plan security and traffic management for a Tiranga march slated for Friday at Central Park in Connaught Place. The march, called by Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, is a response to the jailing of party co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. In a parallel social-media spat, American singer Mary Millben accused Dipke of connections with U.S. donors and urged him to engage constructively with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The developments highlight escalating political tension in the capital ahead of the scheduled protest.
Why it matters
The hearings and planned march signal heightened political conflict in Delhi, affecting electoral processes and public order.
How this story developed
- Oct 8 Protests swell as India’s election commission faces allegations over voter-roll purge
- Oct 10 The Supreme Court ordered that some train services remain operational despite earlier shutdown orders.
- Oct 10 Police deployed thousands of personnel, closed 45 metro stations and detained additional opposition figures and activists.
- Oct 10 Authorities detained over 1,000 activists and arrested more than 600 people with criminal histories.
- Oct 11 Delhi imposed wide‑scale traffic diversions around key intersections as the protest entered its second day.
- Oct 11 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Modi government of an undeclared emergency and said opposition figures will meet the Chief Justice on Monday to protest the crackdown on a youth demonstration in Delhi.
- Oct 11 CJP leaders were released after posting a ₹50,000 surety bond.
- Oct 12 Delhi Police announced that Jantar Mantar will no longer serve as a designated protest location and named three alternative grounds for demonstrations.
- Oct 12 Chief Justice Surya Kant declined the meeting request and kept his reasons confidential.
- Oct 12 Chief Justice Surya Kant declined a direct meeting and said any petition filed on Monday will be considered on Tuesday.
- Oct 12 Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc will march to the Supreme Court at 4 p.m. local time to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Oct 12 Authorities shut six metro stations and deployed thousands of security personnel for a third consecutive day.
- Oct 13 The Supreme Court flagged fourteen procedural defects in the opposition’s petition.
- Oct 14 CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained near Jantar Mantar after the police announced its denotification.
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