New Delhi: The Supreme Courtroom will hear a number of petitions on Monday difficult the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls.
This revision course of, meant to scrub up the voter record, has sparked intense political and authorized debates forward of the 2025 Bihar Meeting elections.
As per the causelist printed on the web site of the apex courtroom, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi will resume listening to the pleas in opposition to the ECI order directing SIR train in Bihar on September 8.
Earlier, the Justice Surya Kant-led Bench declined to increase the September 1 deadline set by the Election Fee of India (ECI) for submitting claims and objections to the draft electoral rolls printed after the primary part of the SIR.
The event got here after the ECI assured the apex courtroom that even objections despatched after September 1, however earlier than the final date of nominations, would nonetheless be thought-about for inclusion within the voters’ record.
The apex courtroom was contemplating functions from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and different political events, who sought an extension of the Election Fee’s deadline for submitting declare types.
In its order handed on September 1, the Justice Surya Kant-led Bench famous: “The method of consideration of claims will proceed until the final date of nominations. Let the claims/objections be continued to be filed.”
Moreover, it requested the Bihar State Authorized Providers Authority to deploy para-legal volunteers (PLVs) to help voters and political events in submitting on-line claims, objections, or corrections.
In the meantime, the sources claimed that the ECI is contemplating conducting SIR throughout the nation and has referred to as a gathering of all of the state Chief Electoral Officers (CEO) in Delhi on September 10. The assembly shall be attended by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, the Election Commissioners, and different senior ballot physique officers.
