According to a report by Bar and Bench, a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi clarified that people may submit their objections with “any of the 11 documents listed in Form 6 by the Election Commission of India (ECI) or Aadhaar card

The Supreme Court on Friday said that voters excluded from the draft electoral roll in Bihar’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) can use Aadhaar as proof to file objections against their deletion.

According to a report by Bar and Bench, a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi clarified that people may submit their objections with “any of the 11 documents listed in Form 6 by the Election Commission of India (ECI) or Aadhaar card.”

The Court further directed that objections can also be filed online without the need for physical submission. Where forms are filed in person, booth-level officers must issue acknowledgement receipts. The Court also urged political parties to actively help citizens who were left out of the draft roll, expressing concern that only two objections had been received from Booth Level Agents (BLAs) so far. The matter arose from petitions, including one filed by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), challenging the ECI’s June 24 directive to conduct an SIR of electoral rolls before the Bihar assembly elections. Petitioners argued that the revision risks disenfranchising lakhs of citizens and undermining free and fair elections.

The ECI, however, defended its powers under Article 324 of the Constitution and the Representation of the People Act, 1950. On August 6, it was revealed that around 65 lakh names had been dropped from the draft roll. The Commission assured the Court that no name would be removed without prior notice, a hearing, and a reasoned order. Earlier, on August 14, the Court had directed the ECI to publish the list of voters proposed to be deleted, a step which, it was informed today, has been complied with.