SC Upholds Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Power of ECI

Association For Democratic Reforms & Ors. Vs Election Commission of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court considered a batch of writ petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) order dated 24.06.2025 directing a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The petitions argued that the exercise could arbitrarily disenfranchise lakhs of voters and questioned the ECI’s authority, procedure, and timing of the exercise ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections. The Court traced the constitutional and historical significance of electoral...