Accept Aadhar For Bihar SIR, Supreme Court Tells Election Commission

During a hearing on Friday, the Supreme Court noted that the process of draft roll revision in the poll-bound state should be "voter-friendly" and ordered all 12 political parties in the state to assist the 65 lakh voters who are not included in the draft roll. The top court also noted the “inaction” of political parties in correcting the names of deleted voters.

The poll panel had earlier released names of the 65 lakh people who were removed from the draft electoral rolls published as part of the SIR exercise.

The Supreme Court's latest observations in the case come a week after it noted that the expanse of documents under SIR was voter-friendly, and gave more options to people.