New Delhi, July 10 -- The Supreme Court on July 10 allowed the Election Commission of India to continue with its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The top court, however, asked the poll panel to consider using the Aadhaar card, the Election card, and the ration card to enumerate voters during the exercise.

The SC bench, comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi, heard the batch of petitions challenging the controversial exercise that began in a poll-bound state on June 25.

The top court has agreed to examine the petitions on July 28 again raising objections to the timing and manner of SIR being conducted. The court granted the Election Commission ime to file its response by July 21....