India, July 14 -- The Supreme Court of India, while hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the June 24, 2025 notification of the Election Commission of India announcing that it will begin a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Bihar Voters List on Thursday, July 10, 2025, asked several hard questions to the Election Commission of India.

The petitioners argued that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Bihar Voters List, announced on the eve of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election scheduled for November this year, is arbitrary and discriminatory. It compels citizens whose names have been on the voters' list for over 10 years to reverify themselves.

A division bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justices Sudhansh...