Bihar SIR: Notices issued informing voters that Aadhaar can be submitted with claims, Election Commission of India informs Supreme Court

The Election Commission of India (ECI) informed the Supreme Court on Thursday (August 21, 2025) that its public notices have expressly mentioned that copies of Aadhaar cards can be submitted along with their claims by voters aggrieved by non-inclusion in the draft Bihar electoral roll.

The application filed by the ECI seeking to place on record a status report follows an interim order passed by an apex court Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant on August 14 directing the poll panel to publish an enumerated, booth-wise list of approximately 65 lakh electors not included in the draft electoral roll during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound Bihar.