SC gives 10 days to petitioners to reply to EC affidavit defending SIR

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted 10 days to petitioners to file a reply to the Election Commission's affidavit defending the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, maintaining that the exercise was authorised by law and the relevant orders were approved unanimously by all three members of the poll panel. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices…