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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/b9270d9446bcb24b https://verfassungsblog.de/sir-judgment-supreme-court-india-election-commission/ Power Without Oversight - India’s SIR Judgment and the Unfinished Business of Institutional Design Jain, Anmol ger 2026-06-03 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Election Commission Fourth Branch Independent Institutions Indian Supreme Court Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Last week, the Indian Supreme Court delivered an important verdict on the power of the Election Commission of India (ECI) under the Indian Constitution – specifically, whether, and in what manner, it can conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise for the revision of electoral voter rolls. Unlike minor revisions, SIR is a large-scale revision exercise to clean the electoral rolls by removing duplicate entries and names of those who have either migrated or died. The legal backdrop in which the judgment was delivered offers important insights for comparative constitutional law scholars, particularly those studying fourth branch institutions, electoral management bodies, and constitutional design.