NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday started listening to a number of pleas towards the Election Commission’s determination to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi heard senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing RJD chief Manoj Jha, who alleged discrepancies — together with instances the place folks listed as lifeless have been discovered alive, and vice versa.The ballot panel stated an train of this nature was “bound to have some defects here and there.” The bench advised the EC to “be ready” with information on voter numbers and different related details, as reported by PTI.On July 29, the highest court docket warned it will step in instantly if there was “mass exclusion” of voters. The draft roll was revealed on August 1, with the ultimate model due on September 30. Opposition events declare the method might disenfranchise crores of eligible voters.The pleas have been collectively filed by leaders from RJD, Trinamool Congress, Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar), CPI, SP, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray), JMM, CPI (ML), together with PUCL, ADR and activist Yogendra Yadav, difficult the EC’s June 24 determination.
