Karnataka High Court refuses to direct Election Commission to extend SIR timeline

4 min readBengaluruJul 28, 2026 03:53 PM IST Karnataka High Court refused to direct the Election Commission to extend SIR timelines, saying the poll body's operational schedule falls within its constitutional domain (File photo).Observing that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional authority and courts cannot intervene to fine-tune operational schedules, the Karnataka High Court Tuesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to the poll body to extend the timeline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the state. The petition had sought a direction to the Election Commission to extend the timeline for each phase of the SIR process in Karnataka from one month to three months.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Ju