The Supreme Court Monday asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to file a separate interlocutory application (IA) if it wishes to argue that the deletion of voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) materially affected the outcome of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi stated it would examine the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) objections, including those regarding the maintainability of such a plea, once the formal application is submitted. Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, appearing for the TMC, argued that in 31 constituencies, the margin of defeat was less than the total number of voter deletion cases currently under adjudication before appellate tribunals. “In one constituency, the margin of loss is a mere 862 votes, while 5,432 votes are still under adjudication,” Bandopadhyay noted.…