The Supreme Court 10. However, the Supreme Court asked the vote panel to consider using the AADHAAR card, election cards and tongue cards as valid voter identification documents.
The bench of the Supreme Court, which consists of the justice of Sudhansh Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi, has heard a dose of petitions questioning controversial exercises that began in the state bound to vote on June 25.
The Supreme Court agreed to explore petition 28. The court awarded the Election Commission the time to submit its answers by July 21st.
“We are considered to be the opinion that the matter needs to be heard before the relevant court on 28 July 2025. Meanwhile, the election statement filed within one week from today and verification if it is filed by July 28, 2025,” the court said under the statutory intelligence website Livelaw.
No interim order
In this case, the Court has not received any provisional order, which means that the exercise will continue Bihar as it is. However, he stated that this is a prima facing position that in the interest of justice, the election commission is also to consider the inclusion of documents such as Aadhaar, assignment card and voter identification card, etc.
“The important question was raised in this group a petition before this court, which goes to the very root of the functioning of the Republic, which is our country. The question is the right to vote,” the court said.
The petitioners insisted that Foran at this stage of a temporary stay. “As in any case, only 1 August 2025 is to be published and the matter is listed before the court before July 28, 2025,” the court said.
Exercise of the poll panel caused a political storm. The opposition Congress called him an “attempt to equipment” organized by the Election Commission on the basis of the instructions of the ruling regime.
At least ten petitions of political parties, individuals and groups of civil society have been filed in the Supreme Court against what those who are against it call “obviously unconstitutional” exercises.
Association of Election Watchdog for Democratic Reforms (ADR), MP Trinamool Congress Mahu Moit, Congress Party, RJD and Group of Civil Society PUCL are among the petitioners who have questioned EC in Bihar.
The Election Commission explains
The survey panel argued that the aim of an intensified revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the election role to allow them to allow them to include any incapable voter in the electoral role, and that complete transparency is introduced into the processing or removal of voters.
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