New Delhi, Jan. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Monday observed that Class 10 admit cards will be considered a valid document for verification for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the voters' list in West Bengal.

A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi stated that an admit card issued by the Board has a "presumption, if it is given, it has to be accepted," the top court was quoted as saying, according to Live Law.

The observations from the apex body came after the Election Commission, last week, refused to accept the Class 10 (Madhyamik) admit card as a valid document for the SIR. The poll body had underlined that, with the instructions issued on October 27...