New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Election Commission of India (ECI) to provide the final revised electoral roll of Bihar after the petitioners challenging the special intensive revision (SIR) in the state raised concerns over irregularities by way of duplicate names still figuring in the revised rolls and questioned the lack of transparency in addition of nearly 21 lakh voters.
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi said, "You (ECI) will have to provide us with the latest electoral roll of Bihar," as the bench was informed that on October 9, a presentation made by one of the petitioners - political activist Yogendra Yadav showed 1.75 crore duplicate voters in the state vo...
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