ECI Tells Bombay HC Draft SIR Absence Doesn’t Mean Deletion

Six members of Paresh Salgaonkar’s family, residents of St Cruz constituency in North Goa district, had filed the writ petition claiming that their names were deleted from the electoral roll during the SIR.Panaji: The absence of a voter’s name from the draft SIR roll does not mean that it has been deleted, the Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Bombay High Court here on Tuesday, as the court reserved its verdict on a writ petition filed by a Goa resident.