India, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing petitions against the Election Commission's (EC) special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, with Justice Surya Kant stating that Aadhaar cannot be treated as proof of citizenship.

"Are petitioners saying that Aadhaar card is proof of citizenship? They are not saying that it is not a measure. the Aadhaar Act says so," Bar and Bench quoted Justice Kant as saying.

He added, "See, the Election Commission is correct in saying that Aadhaar can't be accepted as conclusive proof of citizenship; it has to be verified. See section 9 of the Aadhaar Act."

The bench said the first issue to be settled was whether the Election Commission had the authority to co...