The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to provide information about the people left in the draft list of SIR in an easy way. There should be a separate website for every district, in which information should be put. It should be widely publicized. The court gave these instructions during the hearing on the objections regarding the draft list of SIR.
Justice Surya Kant and Joyamalya Bagchi bench said that it is not right for people to depend on anyone to get information. They should not have to travel to the booth level officer (BLO) or the booth level agent (BLA) of political parties. If there is no list, then he or his family can get this information easily. If necessary, then he will be able to claim for improvement.
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to take this step:-
- Names of missing voters should be put on the district level website
- The information will be according to the booth. It can be checked through EPIC number (voter ID card number)
- The reason for the voter not being named in the draft list will also be written
- Website should be widely publicized on local media and official social media
- It should also be told in the public notice that people can claim themselves by copying the Aadhaar card.
- Each booth level officer listed names with the reasons for the name of the name in Panchayat Bhawan and Block Office
- District wise list should also be put in the website of the Chief Election Commissioner of the state
- Election Commission should inform Supreme Court by taking compliance report from booth level and district level officials
The court has said that it will be the next hearing on August 22 at 2 pm. Along with looking at the report of the Election Commission on that day, other suggestions of the petitioner side will also be heard. In the hearing held on Thursday, senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi on behalf of the Election Commission presented the side. He said that the Commission cannot object to easily providing information to voters. His objection is only on the fact that an NGO should tell his right to get the full list.