LIVE: Mamata Banerjee Reaches Supreme Court, May Argue Case Against SIR

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: The SIR was rolled out in West Bengal on November 4, 2025, and the draft electoral roll was published on December 16. The last date for submission of claims and objections was January 19. The final electoral roll is expected to be published on February 14, but the deadline may be extended, given how the hearings in the Supreme Court go. 

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Visuals of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meeting advocates in the Supreme Court's corridor ahead of the hearing in the Bengal SIR case.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is not the only one whose plea against the SIR will be heard in the Supreme Court today.

Petitions filed by Mostari Banu and TMC MPs Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen will also be heard today.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: The West Bengal chief minister may escalate her ongoing confrontation with the ECI by making arguments in her own case against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.

According to Bar and Bench, she had moved an interlocutory application seeking nod to argue in person in the Supreme Court. If permitted to do so, she will become the first sitting chief minister to personally argue her own case before the Supreme Court.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: The Trinamool Congress has outlined the main reliefs sought by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Supreme Court in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Her plea urges that the 2025 voter list be used without introducing fresh changes ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. It also asks the court to ensure that voters are not called for hearings over minor issues such as spelling errors.

The petition seeks directions from the Election Commission to make public the names of around 1.4 crore voters marked as “disputed” and to accept Aadhaar as sufficient proof of identity in cases of discrepancies.

It further calls for a halt to what it describes as mass voter deletions through bulk Form-7 entries and for the withdrawal of 8,100 external micro-observers deployed in West Bengal’s electoral process.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: As she entered the Supreme Court, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heard telling members of her team, “I shall sit behind, right behind,” suggesting she would take a seat quietly during the proceedings.

Observers also noted a visual detail that drew attention. During her recent meeting with the Election Commission, Banerjee had worn a black shawl, and members of her delegation, including those presented as affected by the SIR process, were similarly dressed. She arrived at the Supreme Court carrying a black stole, a choice some see as symbolically consistent with her earlier appearance.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: 

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is presently in the Supreme Court for the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the SIR in West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: All India Trinamool Congress tweeted, "Standing up for the people, Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has reached the Supreme Court. Today will stand as an example before the entire nation and the world. A historic moment. Today, Smt. Mamata Banerjee steps into the courtroom to fight for Bengal. Challenging SIR, she will argue for the rights of the people of Bengal before the country’s highest court.
 

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: During its last hearing on January 12, the Supreme Court issued directions to the ECI to make the SIR more transparent, accessible, and voter-friendly in West Bengal. “See the strain and stress going on for ordinary people. Over one crore people have been issued notices…we are going to pass some orders,” the bench observed.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Senior Advocate Shyam Divan will represent West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. He will argue on her behalf in her plea challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Mamata Banerjee is seated inside courtroom 1 at the Supreme Court, Bar and Bench reported on Wednesday. She will be present during the hearing of a batch of pleas against SIR and may also argue her own case, the first sitting CM to do so.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi backed Mamata Banerjee ahead of the Supreme Court hearing of a batch of pleas against the SIR exercise in West Bengal.

“I support what Mamata Banerjee is doing. She is fighting a legal fight from the front. If such arbitrariness of the BJP continues, we will fight the fight - whether it is through an Impeachment Motion or through any legal process...,” Chaturvedi told news agency ANI. She also said that the SIR exercise was conducted in a “one-sided manner” across states.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: The West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, has arrived at the Supreme Court ahead of the apex court's hearing on pleas against SIR.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Heavy security was deployed near the entry to the Supreme Court, ahead of the hearing into SIR (Special Intensive Revision) and the appearance of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee before the apex court. The Delhi Police has tightened security in and around the Supreme Court amid Mamata Banerjee's arrival and ahead of the hearing of pleas against the SIR in West Bengal, Bar and Bench reported.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Ahead of the hearing of pleas against the SIR exercise in West Bengal, a look at some key dates in the schedule in Bengal:

November 4, 2025: SIR rolled out

December 16, 2025: Draft electoral roll published

January 19, 2026; Last date for claims and objections

February 14, 2026: Final electoral roll scheduled to be published.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: According to the Supreme Court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi is scheduled to hear the SIR petitions, including those filed by Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, Mostari Banu and Trinamool Congress MPs Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Mamata Banerjee has left her nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's residence to appear before the Supreme Court to attend the hearing of pleas against SIR.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: The plea filed by Mamata Banerjee is among the many such petitions filed against the SIR exercise in Bengal. Banerjee has sought the quashing of all SIR-related orders and connected directives issued by the ECI on June 24, 2025, and October 27, 2025.

She also wants the upcoming Assembly polls in Bengal to be conducted based on the 2025 voters' list.

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court LIVE: Sources have said that Mamata Banerjee, who has an LLB degree, is likely to seek permission from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to argue the SIR case in person. Through her legal team, she has filed an interim application requesting the court’s approval to make submissions directly.

A pass for entry into the Supreme Court premises has also been issued in her name, signalling her expected presence during the hearing.

In her latest interim application, Banerjee said that she is a petitioner in the West Bengal SIR case and is well acquainted with its facts.

She has further affirmed that she is fully aware of the decorum and procedures of the Supreme Court and has undertaken to conduct herself in accordance with established rules and practice.