‘Bound to have defects’: EC defends Bihar voter roll train; SC seeks details | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday started listening to a number of pleas in opposition to the Election Commission’s resolution to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi heard senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing RJD chief Manoj Jha, who alleged discrepancies — together with instances the place individuals listed as useless had been discovered alive, and vice versa.The ballot panel mentioned an train of this nature was “bound to have some defects here and there.” The bench informed the EC to “be ready” with knowledge on voter numbers and different related details, as reported by PTI.On July 29, the highest courtroom warned it could step in instantly if there was “mass exclusion” of voters. The draft roll was revealed on August 1, with the ultimate model due on September 30. Opposition events declare the method might disenfranchise crores of eligible voters.The pleas have been collectively filed by leaders from RJD, Trinamool Congress, Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar), CPI, SP, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray), JMM, CPI (ML), together with PUCL, ADR and activist Yogendra Yadav, difficult the EC’s June 24 resolution.