New Delhi/IBNS, July 10 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said the timing of the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s voter list revision drive in poll-bound Bihar "is the problem" but not the exercise in itself, media reports said.

Justice Dhulia noted that individuals who might be excluded from the list after the revision will have no time to appeal against their exclusion before the state elections.

While the petitioners questioned the EC's move to ask for a government ID from existing voters who registered after 2003, the court found the cut-off date "logical".

The petitioners pointed out that the EC won't allow its own voter card or widely-used Aadhaar Card for verification for individuals registered after 2003.

The top court aske...