The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals excluded from the draft electoral roll in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process can use their Aadhaar cards to object to their exclusion. The court’s decision aims to ensure that eligible voters are not omitted from the electoral process. Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, presiding over the bench, stated that individuals can submit their objections using either one of the eleven documents listed in Form 6 by the Election Commission of India (ECI) or their Aadhaar card, thereby permitting Aadhaar as proof of identity for inclusion in the voters’ list. The apex court was addressing petitions challenging the ECI’s June 24 directive to conduct a SIR of electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Additionally, the court clarified that objections can be submitted online without physical documents and instructed booth-level officers to provide acknowledgement receipts for physically submitted forms.
