US EditionSC Directive on Bihar SIR Has ‘Discredited and Exposed’ EC, ‘G2 Puppeteers Decisively Defeated’: Congress
Supreme Court mandates online claims with Aadhaar for 85,000 excluded voters and over 200,000 new registrations, aiming to increase inclusivity in Bihar's voter revision.
- On Friday, the Supreme Court of India directed the Election Commission of India to accept online claim forms for Bihar's Special Intensive Revision, relieving those omitted from the draft electoral roll.
- After the first SIR phase revealed mass omissions, about 65 lakh omitted voters prompted the Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi to issue the August 14 order for district-wise deletion lists and reasons.
- The court clarified acceptable ID rules by allowing claim forms with an Aadhaar card number or any one of 11 other acceptable documents and ordered officials to issue acknowledgement receipts to booth-level agents.
- The ECI told the court that around 85,000 excluded voters filed claims and over 2 lakh new registrants emerged under the SIR, and the bench posted the matter for September 8.
- The exercise has touched off political disputes and reduced Bihar's registered electorate from 7.9 crore to 7.24 crore, with the Supreme Court reproaching parties for their earlier inaction.
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SC directive on Bihar SIR has ‘discredited and exposed’ EC, ‘G2 puppeteers decisively defeated’: Congress
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh welcomes the verdict which instructed political parties to direct their booth-level agents to assist voters in filing claims and objections in the draft rolls, using Aadhaar card or any of the 11 accepted documents
SC allows Aadhaar for voter roll revision in Bihar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, August 22, directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allow excluded voters to submit claims through online mode besides making physical submissions in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise of the electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi allowed claim forms to be submitted along with Aadhaar card number and any one of the 11 acceptable documents…
Bihar SIR: Supreme Court Asks Election Commission To Accept Online Claims for Inclusion in Voter List | 📰 LatestLY
It also ordered that the 12 recognised political parties in Bihar be impleaded in the SIR matter, if they are not already before the apex court. Further, the bench clarified that the claim form could be submitted with any of the 11 documents originally listed by the ECI, or with an Aadhaar card. 📰 Bihar SIR: Supreme Court Asks Election Commission To Accept Online Claims for Inclusion in Voter List.
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