On June 24, the Election Commission had issued instructions to conduct a special in-depth revision of the voter lists in Bihar. Many leaders, including MP Manoj Jha, have approached the Supreme Court against this. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petitions.
The Supreme Court has fixed July 10 as the date for hearing petitions challenging the process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists ahead of the upcoming elections in Bihar. The court accepted the petitions filed in this case and said that it will consider the validity of this move of the Election Commission on the scheduled date.
The Partial Working Day (PWD) bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed to hear the case on Thursday (July 10) taking note of the arguments presented by several petitioners led by senior advocate Kapil Sibal. Sibal urged the bench to issue notice to the Election Commission on these petitions. To this, Justice Dhulia said, we will hear the matter on Thursday.
Supreme Court agrees to hear on July 10 a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission of India’s move to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. pic.twitter.com/VQal2fa8X2
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At the same time, Mahua Moitra said in her petition that she requests to cancel the order of the Election Commission of June 24, under which Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is being done in alleged violation of various provisions of the Constitution.
Mahua said in her petition, if this order is not canceled, it can deprive eligible voters in the country of their right to vote on a large scale, which can weaken democracy, free and fair elections. Mahua requested the apex court to direct the Election Commission of India to stop issuing such orders of special intensive revision of voter lists in other states of the country.
NGO Association of Democratic Reforms has also filed a petition challenging the Election Commission’s direction for a thorough revision of the voter list in Bihar. On June 24, the Election Commission had issued directions to conduct SIR in Bihar with the aim of removing ineligible names and ensuring that only eligible citizens are included in the voter list. Bihar is due to hold elections later this year.
