The Supreme Court questioned the ECI's timing of Bihar's electoral roll revision, citing potential impact on voting rights. The court raised concerns about the procedure and timeline, while acknowledging ECI's authority.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider accepting Aadhaar card, Voter ID (EPIC), and ration card as valid documents during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The top court said the voter-roll revision exercise goes to the “root of democracy and power to vote” and needs to be justified on multiple grounds.
According to a report by Bar and Bench, a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi posed three key questions to the ECI: “We are prima facie of the opinion that there are three questions: 1. Powers of ECI to conduct, 2. The procedure to exercise the powers and 3. The timeline which is very short and due in November, and notification will come in advance.”
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