The Supreme Court will hear the petitions filed on behalf of many others including political parties on Monday (September 08, 2025) on behalf of the Election Commission on the petitions filed by political parties.
On June 24, the Election Commission had directed to conduct intensive special revision (SIR) of the state’s voter lists. The bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will consider the response of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and other petitioners on the Election Commission’s remarks.
Election Commission should also give the option to apply online through online medium
The Election Commission has said that out of 7.24 crore voters included in the draft voter list, 99.5 percent have filed their eligibility documents in the SIR process. The Supreme Court is hearing several petitions including petitions filed by NGOs, workers and political parties since 22 August.
During the hearing, the bench then directed the Election Commission to provide the option to apply through the SIR process in Bihar, as well as to file the claim to the voters, as well as online medium.
‘Large -scale issue issue’
On September 1, the Supreme Court heard some applications filed by political parties to extend the deadline. During that time, the Election Commission told the bench that applications for claims, objections and improvements in the draft voter list prepared in Bihar under the SIR process can be given even after September 1, but these will be considered after the voter list is finalized.
It was said that claims and objections in the draft voter list can be filed in each assembly constituency till the last date of nomination form. The Supreme Court described confusion on Bihar SIR as a ‘issue of large -scale trust’ and directed the State Legal Services Authority to deploy legal volunteers to assist individual voters and political parties in registering claims and objections on the draft voter list published on August 1.
Election Commission protest against extending deadline
The Election Commission had opposed extending the September time limit to file claims and objections as per SIR Schedule. The Commission had said that after the Supreme Court’s 22 August order, only 22,723 claims were filed by August 30 and 1,34,738 objections were filed to exclude.
As per the Schedule of the Election Commission for Bihar SIR on 24 June, the deadline for filing claims and objections on the draft voter list has ended on September 1 and the final voter list will be published on 30 September.
Confidential report will be submitted to district judges
The Supreme Court had asked political parties to give their reply on the Election Commission’s comments. The Supreme Court had said that the legal assistant will submit a confidential report to the concerned district judges and the data collected of the state will be considered on 8 September.
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