{
  "id": 16734616,
  "title": "SC says ‘will examine’ petitioners’ ‘innocuous’ plea to direct ECI to preserve or file in court ‘complete’ SIR records",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/sc-says-will-examine-petitioners-innocuous-plea-to-direct-eci-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:17:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-says-will-examine-petitioners-innocuous-plea-to-direct-eci-to-preserve-or-file-in-court-complete-sir-records/article71630549.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is among the petitioners seeking to preserve SIR records, as the EC’s affidavit maintains that its decisions were in line with the law and that the CEC cannot be removed except through procedure applicable to a Supreme Court judge",
  "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."
}