Today, On 12th August ,In the Bihar SIR row, Psephologist Yogendra Yadav slammed the Election Commission in the Supreme Court, saying, “Please see them. Declared dead but they are alive.” He highlighted serious errors in voter deletions after the revision exercise.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court heard several significant cases today, including the Special Voter List Revision (SIR) issued in Bihar.
The bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard the matter.
Psephologist Yogendra Yadav presented two individuals to the Supreme Court today, who have been listed as deceased in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral roll.
He informed a Bench that these two individuals do not appear on the electoral rolls due to their declared status as dead.
Yadav urged the Court,
“Please see them. These are declared as dead. They don’t appear. But they are alive…see them“
Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, representing the Election Commission of India (ECI), dismissed the claim as mere “drama.”
In response, Justice Bagchi acknowledged the possibility of an error, stating,
“May have been an inadvertent error. Can be corrected. But your points are well taken.”
Yadav made this statement while the Bench was reviewing a series of petitions that challenge the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar. He is one of the petitioners involved in the case.
He informed the Court that this SIR exercise marks the first instance in India’s history where there have been zero additions to the electoral roll during a revision.
He asserted,
“They [ECI] went across the State and did not find a single addition…We are witnessing the largest exercise of disenfranchisement in the history of the world. 65 lakh names deleted. Never in the history of India has it happened. The figure is bound to cross 1 crore,”
During the hearing, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, pointed out a situation where twelve living individuals were incorrectly recorded as deceased by the electoral authorities.
In response, Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, speaking for the ECI, noted that the published roll was merely a draft, acknowledging that such a large-scale operation is likely to contain errors.
At the end of today’s hearing, Justice Kant expressed gratitude to Yadav for his input.
The proceedings are set to continue on Wednesday.
Case Title: In Association for Democratic Reforms & Others v. Election Commission of India, W.P.(C) No. 640/2025
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