In the Bihar SIR matter, the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 9) passed an interim order to ensure free legal aid to the persons excluded from the final voters' list to file appeals against their exclusion.

A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi requested the Bihar State Legal Services Authority to issue necessary communication to the District Legal Services Authorities to ensure the availability of paralegal volunteers and legal aid counsels who can assist the excluded persons in filing appeals.

"Since time to file appeals is running short, we deem it appropriate as an interim measure to request the Executive Chairman, Bihar SLA, to send communication, preferably today itself to all secretaries of DLSAs to provide services of paralegal volunteers, free legal aid

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