The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the requirement of 11 documents for the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll revision in poll-bound Bihar makes the process more “voter-friendly” compared to the seven documents required for a summary revision.
While hearing pleas linked to SIR of voter list of Bihar, the top court said, “The number of documents in summary revision conducted earlier in the state was seven and in SIR it is 11, which shows it is voter friendly. We understand your arguments that non-acceptance of Aadhaar is exclusionary but a high number of documents is actually inclusionary.”
Election Commission of India (ECI) has received a total of 17,665 claims and objections over the draft voter list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, out of which 454 complaints have been disposed, a press note said on Wednesday.
According to the press note by ECI, after 13 days, no claim or objection has been submitted by any political party.
A total of 74,525 forms have been received from new electors on attaining 18 years of age or above, including six forms received from BLAS.
As per rules, the claims and objections are to be disposed of by the concerned ERO/AERO after the expiry of seven days after the verification of eligibility documents.
As per SIR orders, no name can be deleted from the draft list published on August 1, 2025, without passing a speaking order by the ERO/AERO after conducting an enquiry and after giving a fair and reasonable opportunity, the press note said.
