Supreme Court on the Aadhaar voter list.
The court also made some harsh remarks about Bihar’s political parties. Asking them to explain why they hadn’t helped the more than 65 lakh voters who had been removed.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday afternoon that voters in Bihar who are contesting their exclusion from the electoral roll. Before the election later this year can use their Aadhaar as identification, ordering the Election Commission to include the government-issued document on a list of 11 others.
The court estimated that there were about 35 lakh excluded voters after subtracting the number of people. They were allegedly dead and duplicate entries, but they were instructed to act quickly.
Election Commission Aadhaar order 2025.
Justice Surya Kant ordered that all paperwork be filed by September 1. However, a bench that included Justice Joymalya Bagchi stated that this could be done online.
Applications for re-inclusion can be filed using either of those 11. The Aadhaar, according to the top court. That is considering petitions challenging the “special intensive revision” of the voter list.
The court also made some strong remarks about Bihar’s political parties. Asking them to explain why they hadn’t helped lakhs of people. They were trying to reapply for the list. Many of these parties had resisted the revision, arguing that it was “designed to disenfranchise” communities that typically vote for them.
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Echoing the poll panel’s observation that individual politicians. Such as MPs and MLAs, had filed objections, but not the parties. The court declared, “Political parties are not doing their jobs…”
“The actions of political parties in Bihar surprise us. What do your booth-level agents, or BLAs, do? After being informed that only two objections to voter exclusions had been raised by more than 1.6 lakh BLAs from parties. The court declared that political parties must assist voters.
Some poll officials were not acknowledging the objections of BLAs, according to a note. In response, the court ruled that acknowledgment receipts must be provided at the time of form submission.
Advocate Vrinda Grover’s Statements.
Advocate Vrinda Grover, speaking on behalf of one of the petitioners, stated. “This problem is beyond 65 lakh people.” However, the parties’ inaction is the only thing that surprises us. “What have BLAs been doing since they were appointed?” the court asked, “Why is there a distance to the people?”
The EC then pointed out that BLAs were allowed to submit ten enumeration forms each day, i.e, on behalf of voters who had been struck off. Individual voters had objected to the removal of their names more frequently than political parties that had protested the revision process.
Additionally, the EC pointed out that no political party had filed written objections.
After requesting the names of the parties involved and interrogating them. The court declared, “Voters are more conscious than political parties!” and scheduled the next hearing for September 8.
Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi Statements.
Rakesh Dwivedi, a senior advocate who had previously represented the poll panel. Asked the court to allow the Election Commission of India 15 days to demonstrate. There had been no wrongful exclusion.
Put your trust in the Election Commission and give us more time,” he said. Adding, “Political parties are making noise, but things are not bad.” We’ll demonstrate to you that there are no exclusions.
The poll body also informed the court that over two lakh new voters had registered their names and that about 85,000 voters. They had been left off the draft rolls had applied to be added back.
The EC was instructed to file a compliance report and publish the names that were removed last week.
