Bihar polls: SC asks ECI to consider Aadhaar, voter ID card in SIR of electoral rolls

The Supreme Court on Monday again asked the Election Commission of India to consider including Aadhaar card and electoral photo identity card as admissible documents to prove the identity of voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being undertaken in Bihar.

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A division bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also refused to stop the Election Commission from publishing the draft electoral rolls for Bihar on August 1 as per the schedule notified for the SIR. The bench did not hold a detailed hearing, as Justice Kant had to attend a meeting with the CJI in the afternoon and asked the petitioners and the ECI to decide on a tentative time they would take to argue in the case. The bench said it will inform tomorrow about the next date of the hearing.