{
  "id": 17257647,
  "title": "Authority of officials who appealed against inclusion of names in Bengal SIR under lens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/authority-of-officials-who-appealed-against-inclusion-of-names-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T16:41:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/authority-of-officials-who-appealed-against-inclusion-of-names-in-bengal-sir-under-lens/article71645404.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The officials who filed appeals against the inclusion of the 16.10 lakh voters may not have had the authority to do so under the Representation of the People Act; according to the Act, the CEO/DEO/ERO/AERO are the authorities with respect to electoral rolls",
  "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."
}