{
  "id": 1451582,
  "title": "SC refuses to interfere with ECI's decision to keep 2002 as base year for SIR in Sikkim",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sc-refuses-to-interfere-with-ecis-decision-to-keep-2002-as-base-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T08:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-refuses-to-interfere-with-ecis-decision-to-keep-2002-as-base-year-for-sir-in-sikkim/article71355321.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The bench said no ground was made out to interfere with the ECI’s decision to fix 2002 as the base year, and dismissed the petition",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}