Bihar Poll Roll Revision To Continue; SC Urges ECI To Consider Aadhaar, Ration Cards

The Supreme Court has allowed the Election Commission to proceed witha special revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls, while urging it to consider Aadhaar and other common IDs as valid proof.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Election Commission to continue with its exercise of conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi did not stay the SIR process but asked the ECI to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity during the SIR of electoral rolls being undertaken in Bihar.