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Feb
New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday permitted the deployment of civil judges with at least three years of experience from Odisha and Jharkhand to expedite the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi expanded the scope of its earlier February 20 order, which had directed the deployment of judicial officers, including retired judges, from within West Bengal to assist in the revision exercise. The latest direction came after the Chief…