- By Raju Kumar
- Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:36 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bihar SIR Row: The Supreme Court on Thursday important observation on the typographical errors and other mistakes in the final Bihar electoral roll prepared after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The top court said it expects the Election Commission to look into typographical errors and other mistakes in the final electoral roll prepared after the SIR as a responsible authority and come out with remedial measures. The SC will hear on November 4 the legal issues pertaining to the Bihar SIR exercise.
The Election Commission told a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi that since its publication of the final electoral roll on September 30, not a single appeal has been filed by any voter against name deletion.
Prashant Bhushan Highlights Faults In SIR
Advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared in the apex court for the NGO 'Association of Democratic Reforms. He claimed that details of a voter claiming his name was not added in the final list, which was alleged by the EC as fake on the October 7 hearing in the matter, were true.
Bhushan said that the poll body should disclose how many voters were deleted and for what revision to ensure transparency in the exercise.
What Happened So Far In SIR
The top court noted that the electoral roll will be freezed on October 17 in some constituencies, which are going into poll in first phase and on October 20 for those going into poll in second phase.
The SC, on October 7, asked the poll panel to provide details of 3.66 lakh voters who were part of the draft voter list but were excluded from the final electoral roll prepared after Bihar's SIR exercise, saying there is "confusion" over the matter.
On September 30, the EC, while publishing the final electoral list of the poll-bound Bihar, said the total number of electors has come down by nearly 47 lakh to 7.42 crore in the final electoral roll from 7.89 crore before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list carried out by the Election Commission.
The final figure has, however, increased by 17.87 lakh from 7.24 crore electors named in the draft list issued on August 1, which had removed 65 lakh voters from the original list on various accounts, including deaths, migration and duplication of voters.
While 21.53 lakh new electors have been added to the draft list, 3.66 lakh names have been removed, resulting in a net increase of 17.87 lakh.
(With PTI inputs)