India, Aug. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the expansion of the list of documents in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar is actually "voter-friendly", and gives the electors more options.

The top court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission's draft voter roll revision in Bihar ahead of Assembly elections in the state.

During the hearing, the Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the petitioners, argued that the required documents under SIR "have minimum coverage in Bihar and hence exclusionary", news agency PTI reported.

Responding to the argument, the Supreme Court Justice Joymalya Bagchi remarked, "...the expansion of documents followed from [summary revision] to SIR i...