Published on : 09 Oct 2025, 11:27 am 8 min read

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that Bihar State Legal Services Authority should provide thorough assistance in filing appeals to those excluded from the voters list prepared by the Election Commission of India (ECI) as part of the recently-concluded Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymlaya Bagchi declined to pass any blanket order on the exclusions and inclusions in the voters list. Instead, it asked the affected individuals to file appeals to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the State.

The Court passed the order after noting that there were discrepancies in the affidavits submitted before the top court by certain individuals who claimed that they had been incorrectly

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