India, July 10 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday raised sharp questions over the Election Commission of India's (ECI) ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, expressing concern about the timing and the exclusion of key documents like Aadhaar from the verification process.

As the court continued hearing a batch of petitions challenging the SIR, a bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi questioned the Election Commission's rationale behind linking the revision exercise to the upcoming Bihar assembly elections in October-November.

"Why are you connecting the Special Intensive Revision to the elections? Why can't it be irrespective of elections?" the court asked. The bench also observed th...