Tamil Nadu ruling party leaders have urged the Supreme Court after 88% of voters were excluded from draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. These voters did not receive hearing notices over alleged logical discrepancies. The Supreme Court scheduled an urgent hearing on January 29 with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to explain the situation. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), told the Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant that only 18 lakh people received notices while the rest, 88%, did not. He stressed the objections-and-claims phase ends on January 30, warning that delaying hearings may finalize the exclusion without proper review. Sibal also asked the court to apply similar directions issued in the West Bengal SIR case to Tamil Nadu. The ECI, represented by senior advocate Dama Seshadhiri Naidu, requested an adjournment but Chief Justice Kant fixed the hearing for January 29 and suggested online appearance if needed. Sibal pointed out problems in the West Bengal SIR process, where around 1.36 crore voters face logical discrepancies. He said the ECI could not manage hearing all excluded voters in time. The discrepancies include mismatched parent details and unusual family sizes. Chief Justice Kant proposed measures for Tamil Nadu similar to West Bengal, such as publicly displaying names of those with logical discrepancies at local offices and allowing submissions through authorised representatives or at panchayat bhawans and block offices. The court previously on January 19 allowed a 10-day extension for voters to submit claims and objections in West Bengal. The Chief Justice suggested granting the same extension for Tamil Nadu voters. The hearing comes just before the January 30 deadline, intensifying the urgency for a fair and transparent electoral roll revision in Tamil Nadu.