Bihar SIR Hearing: 'Aadhar Can't Be Accepted as Conclusive Proof of Citizenship,' Observes SC - The Statesman

Bihar SIR hearing: 'Aadhar can't be accepted as conclusive proof of citizenship,' observes SC - The Statesman

However, the petitioners argued that the Election Commission of India has no authority to determine the citizenship.

Bihar SIR: SC begins hearing pleas against Election Commissions drive - The Tribune

The bench told the poll panel to 'be ready' with facts and figures for it would be question over the number of voters before the exercise commenced.

Bihar SIR row hearing updates: ECI lacks authority to determine citizenship, petitioners tell Supreme Court

Supreme Court on Bihar voter list revision: Follow the Hindu’s live updates as the Supreme Court hears petitions against Election Commission’s electoral rolls revision decision.

Supreme Court Backs Election Commission’s Voter List Revision in Bihar, Calls SIR “Voter-Friendly” - The News21

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday threw its weight behind the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar, dismissing claims that the exercise was “anti-voter.” A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard petitions challenging the SIR and clarified that the entire exercise is designed […]

Draft Rolls Are Bound To Have Some Defects: ECI Tells SC On Bihar’s SIR Exercise

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, resumed hearing appeals against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and asked the poll body to be ready with facts and figures. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi told ECI that it will be asking questions regarding the facts and figures on the SIR that is being conducted ahead of the Assembly polls in the stat…

Vote for Democracy: Statistical, legal and procedural irregularities dot Bihar’s controversial SIR process

An unprecedented controversy has erupted over the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, with Vote for Democracy (VFD) and several civil society groups warning of serious legal, procedural, and statistical violations. Conducted between June 25 and July 26, the SIR has identified 65 lakh voters, 8.31% of Bihar’s electorate of 7.89 crore, as “untraceable,” “deceased,” “permanently shifted…