Bihar SIR a battle between Election Commission’s power, citizens’ right to vote: Supreme Court
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls is a battle between the Election Commission of India’s “power” over elections and the ordinary citizen’s right to be named in electoral rolls, and to be allowed to vote, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday (August 13, 2025).
Justice Joymalya Bagchi, part of the Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant hearing petitions against the SIR, observed that poll-bound Bihar was in the middle of a contest between Article 324, which empowers the Election Commission (EC) to control elections, and the constitutional right of adult suffrage enshrined in Article 326 of the Constitution.
