India, Oct. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it requires greater clarity on the alleged wrongful deletion of names from the final electoral roll in Bihar, which was published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked petitioners, including the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and several political parties, to submit affidavits with examples of at least 100-200 voters who were allegedly removed unfairly from the voter list.

During the hearing, Justice Bagchi pointed to discrepancies between the draft list published on August 30 and the final voter list, saying there was confusion about the identities o...