Special intensive revision (Sir) from Bihar election roles is the battle between the Election Commission of the Indian “power” over the elections and the right of an ordinary citizen to be named in election roles and will have the opportunity to vote, noted the Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 13, 2025).
The Joymalya Bagchi justice, part of the bench headed by Judge Surya Kant, who heard petitions against Sir, noted that the reconnaissance Bihar was in the middle of the competition between Article 324, which seizes the Election Commission (EC) to control the elections and the constitutional law of adults who rooted in Article 326.
Main data on Bihar Sir Row 13. August 2025
“Occasional elimination of voting rights”
The judge’s observation was in response to the arguments raised by the leaders of the AM Singhvi and Gopal Sankaranarayanan, that the procedure of sending preliminary voters, just to delete 65 Lakhs, “of them” was “unintentional” of them, “resistant”. November, “resistant”, which “resists them to citizens,” it remains to erase them. vote ”.
“The voter means someone who is already in an election role. The form of list, indicative documents are only figures of the imagination of EC. “Mr. Sankaranyanan submitted.
Discretion power ec
The Bagchi justice referred to the “elbow room” provided by the EC under Section 21 (3) of the Folk Representation (RP) Act, which states that the EC can perform a “special revision” “in such a way as it can be appropriate”.
“Does the EC provide a certain residual discretion of the introduction of elements, such as list forms, other indicative documents?” Justice Bagchi interrogated the petitioner.
However, Mr Sankaranyanan replied that Section 21 (3) considered only a special revision of “any constituency or part of the constituency”.
“Can this provision be used to change the election roles of the whole country from your own choice? The head of the lawyer replied. Section 21 (3) was to be resorted only in “exceptional circumstances”, he said.
Judge Bagchi summarized Section 21 (3) (3), said the EC entitled to devise procedures for a special revision of the election role in case of exceptional circumstances, such as a natural disaster. “Otherwise, the EC must strictly follow the rules of 4 to 24 voters,” said Bagchi.
Voter including VS excretion
Justice Bagchi and Mr. Singhvi discussed whether they were the opportunity to choose from up to 11 “indicative” documents to prove their citizenship and find their way back to the election role as “voters” rather than “voters-exclusive”, as the petitioners say. The judge pointed out that the previous summary revision provided only seven documents.
However, Mr. Singhvi said that the list of 11 documents was “impressive, but hollow”. They were either irrelevant, non -existent, or they had minimal Bihar coverage, said, noting that only 1% of Bihar’s population has a passport. Most women in the state do not have matriculation certificates, said Mr. Singhvi, adding that 87% had Aadhaar, which was not included as one of the 11 approved EC documents.
Justice Kant said that central civil services were mostly inhabited by people from Bihar.
“I’m not just talking about the poor and marginal population of Bihar who live in the flood, affected and rural areas … Es say that these documents testify to your citizenship, but have only exciting value,” Mr. Singhvi said.
“Intentions of mafide EC”
So far he said that Sir witnessed “de facto erasing voters”.
“Sir politics is to assume that since 2003 it has excluded the whole mass of voters in Bihar and then gives them a burden to come up with some of the indicative documents to prove their citizenship … These are the people who voted in five to 10 elections since 2003,”
Attorney Prashan Bhushan claimed that “Malafid” EC was evident from his hurry in Sir’s implementation, rejecting it to accept Aadhaar or Voters’ ID card, refusing to publish the names of 65 lamps launched voters and deleted voters after the Congress Conference that is in Congress. It is in line with the name that is selected, which is deleted in relation to the leader that it is excluded.
Published – August 13, 2025 20:23
