With 80 Lakh Claims Pending, Supreme Court Allows Judges From Odisha, Jharkhand To Aid Bengal SIR

The Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) both hailed the Supreme Court’s intervention in Tuesday’s (February 24, 2026) order allowing the CalcuttaCalcuttaCalcutta High Court Chief Justice to deploy judicial officers from neighbouring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with claims and objections in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

The Supreme Court after receiving a letter from the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court detailing the perils of the “enormous exercise” authorised him to request his counterparts in neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand to spare serving or retired judicial officers for the verification work in West Bengal.

The Trinamool welcomed the Supreme Court’s intervention the way it has hailed the top court’s order on February 20, when it had directed judicial officers to take part in the SIR process in West Bengal calling it “another resounding victory for Bengal’s Maa-Mati-Manush in the Supreme Court”.