Will set aside Bihar SIR if illegality found: SC

Top court sets Oct 7 for final hearing on pleas against validity of Bihar SIR

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The Supreme Court Monday said it was presuming that the Election Commission, being a constitutional authority, was following the law during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and warned that the entire exercise would be set aside in case any illegality is found at any stage.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which fixed October 7 for hearing final arguments on the validity of Bihar SIR, refused to offer any “piecemeal opinion” on the exercise and said “our judgement in Bihar SIR will be applicable for pan-India SIR”.

The court clarified it can’t stop the poll panel from conducting a similar exercise for the revision of electoral rolls across the country. The bench, however, allowed petitioners against the Bihar SIR exercise to also argue on the pan-India SIR October 7.