SC directs ECI to publish details of 65 lakh deleted voter names

Court stressed importance to allow aggrieved people to approach

IH News Desk

NATIONAL, August 14, 2025: The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publish details of 65 lakh deleted names from the voters list due to non-inclusion aiming to improve transparency in Bihar's special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.

The order was passed during a hearing of pleas challenging the June 24 ECI decision to conduct the SIR of electoral roll in Bihar. The list of 65 lakh voters whose names were in the electoral roll but dropped from the draft roll will be published soon.

The court stressed the importance of wide publicity and allowing aggrieved people to approach poll officials with their Aadhaar card. The reasons for non-inclusion include death, permanently shifted, absent and already enrolled voters.

Opposition parties that have been critical to the roll revision exercise in Bihar have welcomed the apex court's decision.

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