Bihar electoral roll revision: EC tells SC ‘Aadhaar card not a proof of citizenship’

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Bihar electoral roll revision: The Election Commission told the Supreme Cpurt on Thursday that “Aadhaar card not a proof of citizenship”. The ECI made the comments while responding to the court’s question why Aadhaar was excluded from the Bihar Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

The Supreme Court was hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission’s decision to undertake a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound Bihar. 

The case was heard by a partial working day (PWD) bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi. Senior advocates Rakesh Dwivedi, KK VenuGopal and Maninder Singh representated the Election Commission. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan appeared for one of the petitioners.

The bone of contention in the July 10 hearing was the provision in the EC’s June 24 directive that sought a large section of people in Bihar to prove their Indian citizenship to take part in the Bihar Asembly Elections 2025.

What happened in SC today?

The Supreme Court questioned the timing of the EC’s electoral roll revision. The Bench was quoted by Live Law as saying, “There is nothing wrong in you [EC] purging electoral rolls through an intensive exercise in order to see that non-citizens don’t remain on the role. But if you decide only a couple of months before a proposed election…”

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