{
  "id": 16909640,
  "title": "SC says legality of EC's 'logical discrepancy' checks in SIR remains undecided",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/sc-says-legality-of-ecs-logical-discrepancy-checks-in-sir-remains",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T13:47:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/supreme-court-says-legality-of-ecs-logical-discrepancy-checks-in-sir-remains-undecided/articleshow/135268027.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said its earlier decision allowing the Election Commission to use the category in West Bengal was only an interim measure. It also clarified that the court’s ruling on the SIR exercise in Bihar had not settled every legal question surrounding the revision process.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}