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SIR: The Supreme Court described the voter list revision as friendly!

Samira Vishwas | August 14, 2025 1:24 AM CST

The Supreme Court again heard the petitions challenging the Election Commission’s decision to revise the voter list revision in Bihar. The court said that the number of documents sought from the voters in the revision of the voter list is 11, while 7 documents were considered in the summary revision of the voter list.

This indicates that it is a voter friendly. During the hearing, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the voter has an option of 11 documents for the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar, while seven documents were sought in the earlier brief revision, it clearly shows that the process is suitable for voters.

Earlier, a bench of Justice Suryakanth and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard the petitions challenging the June 24 decision of the Election Commission to conduct special revision (SIR) in the Election State Bihar.

The bench said that despite the plea of the petitioners that it was unfair to not accept Aadhaar, but other documents options were also given, which seems that the process is actually taking everyone together.

The bench said, ‘The number of documents in the earlier brief revision in the state was seven and in SIR it is 11, which shows that it is fine or appropriate for the voter. We understand your arguments that it is not right to accept Aadhaar, but the greater number of documents is really inclusive. ‘ The apex court said that voters were required to submit one of the 11 documents included in the list.

On behalf of the petitioners, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi disagreed with this. He said that even though the number of documents may be more, his coverage is the lowest. He gave the example of the availability of passports to voters.

Singhvi said that it is only one to two percent in Bihar. There is no provision for giving permanent resident certificate in the state. He said, “If we see the availability of documents with the population of Bihar, then it is known that the coverage is very low.”

The bench said that the coverage of 36 lakh passport holders in the state is seen well. Justice Bagchi said, “A list of documents is usually prepared after taking feedback from various government departments to ensure maximum coverage.”

Earlier on August 12, the apex court said that it is under the jurisdiction of the Election Commission to include or excluded citizens or non-citizens in the voter list. The court reiterated its stance in the SIR of the voter list in Bihar and not accepting the voter card as a proof of citizenship.

Controversy over SIR running inside and outside Parliament OfBeach The Election Commission has claimed that about 6.5 crore people out of a total of 7.9 crore voters in the election state Bihar or their parents did not need to file any documents to join the 2003 voter list.

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