US EditionBihar SIR Row Hearing LIVE: Supreme Court to Resume Hearing Pleas Challenging Election Commission’s Revision of Electoral Rolls
The Supreme Court affirmed that Aadhaar alone cannot establish citizenship while noting over 6.5 million voter names were deleted in Bihar's electoral roll revision, Election Commission data shows.
- The Supreme Court of India held a hearing on August 13, 2025, in New Delhi on petitions challenging the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral rolls ahead of assembly elections.
- This hearing followed opposition claims and joint petitions by multiple MPs and activists opposing the EC's decision to require fresh document verification amid concerns over voter exclusion.
- The court discussed procedural lapses including deletion of 6.5 million names without proper verification, errors like 12 living persons marked deceased, and emphasized Aadhaar and EPIC are not conclusive proof of citizenship.
- Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi emphasized that it is unacceptable to have a situation where the citizenship status of 50 million individuals is in question, while Justice Surya Kant highlighted that Aadhaar cards must undergo independent verification and cannot be considered definitive proof of citizenship.
- The court allowed the revision to proceed but said it could be set aside if illegality is found by the final roll scheduled for September 30, while upholding the EC’s authority over electoral roll maintenance.
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Bihar SIR row hearing LIVE: Supreme Court to resume hearing pleas challenging Election Commission’s revision of electoral rolls
The top court earlier agreed with the poll body’s decision not to accept Aadhaar and voter cards as conclusive proof of citizenship, noting that they must be supported by other documents
Social activist Yogendra Yadav presented a woman and a man in the court and claimed that they have been declared 'dead' in the draft voter list released after the SIR process in Bihar. The Election Commission (ECI) lawyer called it a 'drama' and said that if such a mistake had happened, Yogendra Yadav could have corrected it by filling an online form.
Aadhaar, Voter Card Not ‘Conclusive Proof’ Of Citizenship: Supreme Court In Bihar SIR Hearing
The Supreme Court stated that Aadhaar cards and EPIC are not proof of citizenship during a Bihar SIR case hearing. Kapil Sibal, representing petitioners, argued these documents were being rejected.
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