Supreme Court Orders Public Disclosure of Deleted Bihar Voter Names
The Supreme Court has issued a crucial interim order directing the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publicly release a searchable list of over 65 lakh voter names deleted from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls. The directive, aimed at ensuring transparency, also mandates that reasons for each deletion must be provided, following widespread concerns and petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. [19]