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India’s judicial and political landscape witnessed an unusual and closely watched moment on February 4, 2026 , when Mamata Banerjee , the sitting Chief Minister of West Bengal, appeared in person before the Supreme Court of India  in a case challenging the legality of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)  of electoral rolls in the State. The matter was heard by a Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant , marking what legal observers described as one of the rarest instances of a servin