Surya Kant’s refusal came after the Congress‑led INDIA bloc sent a letter asking the Supreme Court to host a delegation on Monday. The Chief Justice, in a terse reply, warned that the matters the opposition intended to raise were already sub‑judice under the Court’s docket and urged them to file a petition instead.
The march is part of a broader protest over the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls, which the court declared legal in May but that has erased 13.3 crore names—roughly 14 % of the pre‑SIR electorate. The bloc’s charter, presented to President Droupadi Murmu last Friday, calls for the resignation of Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, repeal of the 2023 immunity law, suspension of the SIR, restoration of the deleted voters, return to paper ballots, and annulment of the last two years’ Assembly elections, citing evidence of vote‑rigging.
Sunday’s demonstrations in Delhi and Mumbai continued despite police deploying mass detentions; about 3,000 people were arrested during a CJP‑led Jantar Mantar call. The crackdown, which involved metro closures and train cancellations, has itself been filed as a separate petition in the Supreme Court set for Tuesday.
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear the SIR petition on Tuesday, the INDIA bloc is expected to march to the Court’s gates on Monday, while BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has urged the opposition to pursue legal channels, insisting that elections, not court filings, decide the government.