SIR: The Supreme Court to hear combined petitions
Challenging ECI’s decision to conduct intensive roll revision
IH News Desk
NATIONAL, July 27, 2025: The Supreme Court is set to hear a group of petitions tomorrow challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The Commission claims the revision aims to ensure clean voter rolls by removing ineligible names.
However, petitioners argue that the move could lead to large-scale voter disenfranchisement just ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. They argue that there was no reason for the ECI to resort to such a "drastic exercise" in a poll-bound state in such a short period.
The court has asked the poll body to consider accepting documents like Aadhaar, Voter ID and Ration Cards for verification.
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