Legal questions over EC appeals against 16.10 lakh cleared Bengal voters

Election Commission officials appealed against 16.10 lakh West Bengal electors whose names judicial officers had cleared after the SIR flagged discrepancies. But these officials may lack authority to do so under the Representation of the People Act. These voters appeared on supplementary lists before April's Assembly polls. Opposition parties and civil society want civic elections held only after a re-enrolment drive.