The petitioners had contended that while there is no dispute that citizenship is a prerequisite for voting, the core question was whether the ECI can determine citizenship at all.Supreme Court SIR Judgment LIVE: The Supreme Court on Wednesday will pronounce judgment on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI).Reserved: Earlier this year, a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi had reserved its decision in the matter. The pleas claimed that the Election Commission does not have the power to carry out SIR on such a large scale.Story continues below this adThe court, while refusing the stay on the SIR process, had, however, said that it would examine whether ECI had the powers to do the special revision.Live BlogThe Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards.© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:supreme court