The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Bihar State Legal Services Authority to ensure that free legal aid for filing appeals is provided to all voters excluded from the electoral roll following a special intensive revision of the list, Live Law reported.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi urged the authority to issue directions in this regard to all District Legal Services Authorities on Thursday itself, “since time to file appeals is running short”.

The bench said that the order will apply to even those voters whose names were not in the draft list.

At least 47 lakh voters in Bihar were excluded from the final electoral roll published by the Election Commission on September 30. The draft rolls were published on August 1 and kept open for “claims and object

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