After ADR, Mahua, Yogendra, PUCL move SC against revision of electoral rolls in Bihar

The Election Commission stands firm, asserts that revision of electoral rolls successful Bihar is ‘being implemented smoothly astatine the crushed level’ and ‘there is nary alteration successful instructions’

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TMC MP Mahua Moitra, activistic Yogendra Yadav and People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) person moved the Supreme Court challenging the Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls (SIR) successful Bihar up of assembly polls successful October-November, 2025 adjacent arsenic the Election Commission (EC) asserted that it volition spell up with it.

The EC had connected June 24 ordered an SIR successful Bihar --- archetypal since 2003 --- to weed retired ineligible individuals and guarantee lone eligible citizens were included successful the electoral rolls. The workout was necessitated by accelerated urbanisation, predominant migration, young citizens becoming eligible to vote, non-reporting of deaths, and inclusion of the names of overseas amerciable immigrants, it said.

In a connection issued successful Patna, the EC clarified that portion voters were required to “submit their documents immoderate clip earlier July 25, 2025”, those who failed to bash truthful would get an accidental “during the Claims & Objections play also”. It urged radical to “beware of statements being made by a fewer persons, who without speechmaking the SIR bid dated 24 June 2025.... are attempting to confuse the nationalist with their incorrect and misleading statements”.

The EC said the SIR was progressing arsenic per its bid and the draught database would incorporate the names of existing voters whose enumeration forms were received, the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said successful a societal media post.

Apprehending imaginable disenfranchisement of astir 3 crore voters, the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) had connected Saturday filed a PIL, urging the apical tribunal to acceptable speech the EC’s SIR Order arsenic being arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 19, 21, 325 and 326 of the Constitution arsenic good arsenic provisions of Representation of People’s Act, 1950 and Rule 21A of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. Pending its petition, the petitioner NGO urged the apical tribunal to enactment the implementation of EC’s June 24, 2025 SIR Order to behaviour an SIR of the electoral rolls successful poll-bound Bihar.

Now Moitra has sought mounting speech of the EC’s June 24 bid for SIR, alleging it violated assorted provisions of the Constitution and provisions of Representation of People (RP) Act, 1950, and Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) excessively has filed petitions restraining the EC from conducting an SIR successful Bihar, alleging that the EC has “not defined immoderate morganatic aim, nor sought to debar disproportionate harm to electors.”

Activist Yogendra Yadav has besides sought an contiguous enactment connected the SIR, calling it “manifestly arbitrary, unreasonable, and violative of electoral laws.”