Supreme Court allows claims against name deletion in Bihar SIR with Aadhaar Card

The Supreme Court on Thursday, 14 August, ordered the Election Commission of India to make public the names of 65 lakh voters deleted from electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar, along with reasons for their exclusion, including death, migration, or double registration.

The apex court also said that the poll body must publicise that those excluded from the lists can furnish their Aadhaar cards with their applications to be included in the final list, LiveLaw.in reported.