New Delhi, July 10 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India to continue with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.

While the NDA parties welcomed the apex court's decision, the Opposition, which challenged the ECI's directive, noted that the Supreme Court have "put the brakes on the disenfranchisement exercise which was happening."

A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi did not stay the SIR process but asked the ECI to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity during the SIR of electoral rolls being undertaken in Bihar.

Clarifying that the stay order on the SIR drive was not a...