The Supreme Court today deferred till January 13 the final hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s decision to undertake the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in several states, including Bihar. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, which had fixed the pleas for hearing during the day, said it will resume the proceedings on the 13th of this month. Earlier on Tuesday, the Election Commission had told the bench that it has the power and competence to undertake SIR of the electoral rolls, besides there is a constitutional duty to ensure that no foreigners are registered as voters. The pleas challenge the EC’s decision to undertake the SIR exercise in several states.