ECI not at fault if SIR's aim same in all Bihar seats: SC
New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) cannot be faulted for conducting a special intensive revision (SIR) across the state of Bihar if the reason for undertaking the exercise is common across all constituencies.
Hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the SIR in Bihar, a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi said, "This is not a routine updation of electoral roll but a special revision. Any process which is fair and transparent, it can go on, unless it can be shown the ECI has no power to do it."
The court was responding to arguments by senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for some of the petitioners who submit...
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