The Supreme Court of India on 8 September asked the Election Commission (EC) to consider Aadhaar as voter identity in Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR), clarifying its not citizenship proof, PTI reported. However, it also told EC to determine authenticity of Aadhaar submitted and consider including it as the 12th prescribed identity document.
The Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the pleas challenging EC’s SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar.
It further urged the EC to consider issuing necessary directions for acceptance of Aadhaar in this case.
Earlier, the Court declined to extend the September 1 deadline for submitting claims and objections to the draft roll, noting that the ECI had assured it would still consider any such filings made after September 1 but before the final date for nominations, according to LiveLaw.
Regarding a request for directions to the ECI to accept the Aadhaar cards of approximately 7.24 crore voters whose enumeration forms had already been submitted, the Court advised the petitioners to present specific cases where the ECI had refused to accept Aadhaar from voters within this category.
(This is a developing story. More to come)
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