# The Catch Up: SC says 'will examine all aspects of EC's functioning' (27 October)

An episode of [3 Things](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1406730235), 27 Oct 2026, 4:30.

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The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: This is the catch-up on three things by the Indian
[0:02] Speaker 1: Express and I'm Ichha Sharma. Today is the 27th of
[0:06] Speaker 1: October and here are today's headlines. Starting with major news,
[0:10] Speaker 1: the Supreme Court today said that it would examine all
[0:13] Speaker 1: aspects of the controversy surrounding the functioning of the Election
[0:17] Speaker 1: Commission of India, including allegations that its decisions to conduct
[0:21] Speaker 1: a special intensive revision of electoral rolls were not unanimous.
[0:26] Speaker 1: Chief Justice of India, Surya Khan said, We know everything
[0:29] Speaker 1: we will examine. While proceeding over a three-judge bench hearing
[0:34] Speaker 1: petitions challenging the poll body's functioning, the CGI fixed the
[0:39] Speaker 1: matter for hearing on 17 November to enable the petitioners
[0:43] Speaker 1: to file their counter to ECI's affidavit which asserted that
[0:47] Speaker 1: the decisions were unanimous. Meanwhile, Karnataka's final electoral roll was
[0:52] Speaker 1: published today recording a decline of nearly one crore voters
[0:57] Speaker 1: following the special intensives revision process. According to the Chief
[1:00] Speaker 1: Electoral Officer's Office, the state now has 4 crore 55
[1:05] Speaker 1: lakh and 11 voters down from 5 crore 54 lakh 32,314
[1:06] Speaker 1: before the revision, a reduction of 99.32 lakh electors. The
[1:09] Speaker 1: final role comprises of over 2 crore male voters and
[1:11] Speaker 1: over 2 crore female voters and 2,800 third-gender electors, the
[1:32] Speaker 1: CEO's office said. It also said that more than 6.83
[1:39] Speaker 1: lakh voters in the state belonged to the 18-19 age group. Meanwhile,
[1:47] Speaker 1: a 19-month-old male cheetah cub born to Nirva at Kuno
[1:51] Speaker 1: National Park died from pellet injuries. a day after it
[1:55] Speaker 1: was found injured in the forests of Madhya Pradesh's Murana district,
[2:00] Speaker 1: making this the first such incident in the country since
[2:03] Speaker 1: the reintroduction project. Chief Wildlife Warden of MP Samitha Rajoria
[2:07] Speaker 1: confirmed to the Indian Express, the cub is not alive anymore.
[2:24] Speaker 1: RAKORA has not commented on the nature of the injuries yet. Dr.
[2:29] Speaker 1: Shobha Javare from the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur,
[2:34] Speaker 1: confirmed that the cheetah cub died due to pellet injuries.
[2:39] Speaker 1: In other major news, a jailbreak in Tehni has become
[2:42] Speaker 1: the latest episode in Tamil Nadu's political battle, with former
[2:46] Speaker 1: Chief Minister M.K. Stalin invoking the hit show Prison Break
[2:50] Speaker 1: to attack the Vijay government and the ruling TVK's IT wing,
[2:54] Speaker 1: responding with a streaming catalogue of alleged DMK scandals. Stalin,
[3:02] Speaker 1: who lost his Kolathor constituency in the wave that brought
[3:06] Speaker 1: actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay to power, said Tamil Nadu had
[3:10] Speaker 1: moved from Breaking Bad to Prison Break under the Tamilaga
[3:14] Speaker 1: Vaitri Karangam government. His criticism followed the escape of 17
[3:18] Speaker 1: prisoners from the district jail in Tekhapatti near Andipatti. The
[3:24] Speaker 1: inmates allegedly attacked a guard who entered their cell after
[3:28] Speaker 1: a prisoner appeared to suffer an epileptic fit. The guard
[3:32] Speaker 1: sustained a head injury and the inmates fled through the
[3:39] Speaker 1: main gate. And in the end, we take a look
[3:41] Speaker 1: at a chilling follow-up to the Kolkata incident. vigilantism incident
[3:50] Speaker 1: in which a minor boy and his father were paraded
[3:52] Speaker 1: naked because the teenager reportedly kissed a 13-year-old girl, police
[3:57] Speaker 1: forced the accused to walk on the streets in their underwear.
[4:00] Speaker 1: Videos on social media show three accused walking barefoot with
[4:03] Speaker 1: ropes tied around their waist as Kolkata police officers flanked them.
[4:08] Speaker 1: The videos show people shooting videos as the accused walk.
[4:13] Speaker 1: The accused were arrested yesterday. Police are yet to issue
[4:17] Speaker 1: an official statement. Asked about the parading, a senior police
[4:20] Speaker 1: officer said they were being taken to reconstruct the crime scene.
[4:24] Speaker 1: And with that, this was all for today. This was
[4:26] Speaker 1: the catch-up on three things by the Indian Express.

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