Ex-SC Judge Lokur Heads Independent Commission on Election Commission's Electoral Roll Revision
A private lawyers' body, the Lawyers Association for Constitution (LAFC), announced an independent commission on Friday to inquire into the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls. The five-member panel is headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur and includes former high court judges Justice AK Patnaik, Justice Badar Darrez Ahmad, Justice Rekha Sharma, and Justice Anjana Prakash.
The commission will conduct public hearings and legal research to examine whether the SIR exercise was undertaken fairly by the Election Commission. It will travel across the country to hear testimonies from citizens allegedly affected and collect data on electoral roll additions and deletions. Senior lawyers including Kapil Sibal and Prashant Bhushan are assisting the inquiry.
