INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 01st OCT 2026.

Summary of Important News Items Editorials-478

INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 01st OCT 2026.

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1. Election Commission, SIR and Trust in Independent Institutions

The lead editorial-page article examines the controversy surrounding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the Supreme Court’s handling of challenges arising from it. The article argues that electoral-roll revision can be legitimate in principle, but its procedure must be transparent, accessible and subject to effective safeguards because errors may affect the fundamental democratic interest of citizens in voting. It criticises what it views as inadequate institutional responses to questions about internal decision-making within the Commission and voter exclusions. The wider constitutional issue is the credibility of independent institutions: formal autonomy alone cannot generate public confidence unless decisions are transparent, reasoned and accountable. Logic: electoral integrity requires both accurate rolls and protection against wrongful disenfranchisement. Stand of the article: institutional procedures and conduct should strengthen rather than weaken public confidence. Gist: constitutional democracy ultimately depends on citizens believing that institutions entrusted with elections and judicial review act independently, consistently and fairly.

2. Green Energy Corridor Phase III — Transmission Becomes the Renewable-Energy Challenge