SC asks EC for details of 65L deleted voters in Bihar

THE DEADLINE TO SHARE DETAILS IS AUGUST 9

- VINAY KUMAR

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday instructed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to provide, by August 9, detailed information on approximately 65 lakh electors who have been excluded from the draft electoral rolls in Bihar.

A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan, and N Kotiswar Singh asked the poll body to furnish particulars of the deleted voters — data that has already been shared with political parties — and supply a copy to the non-governmental organisation Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

ADR has moved the court challenging the ECI's June 24 order directing a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's electoral rolls. In a fresh application, the NGO sought a direction for the Commission to publish the names of those removed from the list, along with reasons such as death, permanent migration, or other grounds for exclusion.