Delhi SIR: Supreme Court flags 'mechanical' notices

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) said the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) notices during the special intensive revision (SIR) in Delhi to over 33 lakh voters due to ‘logical discrepancies’ or ‘no mapping’ with previous electoral records seems to be “machine-generated” without any application of mind.

“Some refinement is necessary. These look like mechanically issued notices. In all probability, they are machine-generated notices... Please examine if some additional filters are necessary,” Justice Joymalya Bagchi, part of a three-judge Bench with Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana, addressed the Election Commission (EC) counsel, senior advocate Dama Seshadri Naidu.

Justice Bagchi further asked the ECI if the people to whom these notices were sent at least know what logical discrepancies they have to prove incorrect.