3.66L omitted Bihar voters under SC lens

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the EC to provide details of 3.66 lakh voters who were part of the draft voter list but were excluded from the final electoral roll prepared after Bihar's Special Intensive Revision exercise, saying there is "confusion" over the matter.

- FPJ News Service

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing petitions challenging the Bihar SIR, which concluded on September 30. The court asked the EC to furnish details on the issue and adjourned the matter till October 9, Live Law and Bar & Bench reported.

"If anyone can give us a list that out of these 3.66 lakh voters these are the people to whom orders have not been communicated. We'll direct them EC to communicate. Each individual has a right to appeal," the court remarked.

Justice Bagchi said the final list appeared to be an "appreciation of numbers" and asked, "What is the identity of this addon? Is it an add-on of deleted names or independent new names?"

The Bench directed the EC to place relevant data before the court.