Supreme Court to Hear Plea on Voter List Revisions as Protests and Legal Challenges Unfold

UPDATE - follow-up to Anti-CEC protest LIVE | Supreme Court likely to hear Rahul Gandhi, INDIA bloc leaders' plea against SIR today: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a joint petition filed by Opposition leaders led by Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, seeking complete disclosure of files, agendas, minutes, notings, and objections recorded by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi on the special intensive revision that has deleted about 13 crore voters across India.

Legal Action And Protests

Kerala Police registered a zero FIR at the Museum police station in Thiruvananthapuram over the alleged assault on NSUI activist Athira Vijayan during a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR exercise in Delhi on October 13, following a complaint to the State police chief. Meanwhile, Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib approached the Delhi High Court to challenge Delhi Police's decision to withdraw Jantar Mantar's designation as a protest site, and Congress MP Pawan Khera accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of using police deployment to restrict access to the landmark.

Group Actions And Surveillance

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke called for a 'Lehra Do Tiranga' gathering at Central Park, Connaught Place, on October 16 at 5 p.m. after party leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were sent to five days of judicial custody for allegedly waving the Tricolour at Jantar Mantar. Separately, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee alleged that Delhi Police and Intelligence Bureau personnel are following him in surveillance vehicles.

Context

A zero FIR allows a crime case to be registered at any police station regardless of where the incident took place. The special intensive revision of electoral rolls by the Election Commission of India has triggered widespread political friction and demonstrations across the national capital.