NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 10 a batch of petitions challenging the decision of the Election Commission to undertake special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections in November, this year.
On behalf of the petitioners, senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi for urgent hearing and urges the bench to issue notices to the poll panel on the petitions.
NGOs Association for Democratic Reforms, PUCL, TMC MP Mahua Moitra and RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha and activist Yogendra Yadav, among others have filed separate petitionsin the top court challenging the validity of the Election Commission’s June 24, 2025 communication, in this regard.
A partial working day (PWD) benchtook note of the submissions of a battery of senior lawyers led by Kapil Sibal and agreed to hear the pleas on Thursday, July 10.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha said in the petition the EC’s June 24 order be quashed for being violative of Articles 14 (fundamental right to equality), 21 (fundamental right to life and liberty), 325 (no person can be excluded from electoral roll based on caste, religion and sex) and 326 (every citizen of India who has attained 18 years of age is eligible to be registered as a voter) of the Constitution.
The Election Commission on June 24 issued instructions to carry out SIR in Bihar, apparently to weed out ineligible names and ensure only eligible citizens are included in the electoral roll. — With agency inputs
