The Supreme Court resumed hearing ADR-led petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, focusing on the limits of the Election Commission’s powers. The Bench examined whether the SIR process violates constitutional principles of manifest arbitrariness and voter rights.
The Supreme Court cautioned that revision of electoral rolls can seriously affect civil rights if names are excluded from voters’ lists. Hearing challenges to the Election Commission’s SIR exercise, the Court said electoral powers cannot be “untrammelled” and must follow due process.
