The Supreme Court has been ready to hear the issue of investigation and improvement of voter list in Bihar. The court has issued a notice to the Election Commission. The case will be heard on Thursday (July 10, 2025). The petitions filed in the court states that due to the Special Intensive Revision (Special intensive revision) campaign of the Election Commission, the names of millions are feared to be removed from the voter list.
So far 5 petitions in this case have been filed in the Supreme Court. These petitions have been filed by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), social worker Yogendra Yadav, TMC MP Mahua Moitra, RJD MP Manoj Jha and former Bihar MLA Mujahid Alam. The petitioners have described the order of the Election Commission as arbitrary and affecting the fair election.
On Monday (July 7, 2025), some other lawyers including Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared before the petitioners of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Joyamalya Bagchi. He said that investigation of 8 crore voters of Bihar is not possible in such a short time. Whatever people will not be able to fill the form, their name will be out of the voter list. It is necessary to stop this process immediately. On this, the court agreed to hearing on Thursday.
The petitioners have said that the kind of documents being sought for the voter confirmation is impractical. Very little time has been kept to complete the process of investigation-reforming related to the confirmation of crores of voters. In such a situation, it is clear that the name of many voters will be out of the voter list. These people will be deprived of voting in the Bihar assembly elections, therefore, the order of the Election Commission issued on 24 June 2025 needs to be canceled immediately.
Voter revision campaign has started in Bihar from June 28. This will be completed by 30 September. After this, a new voter list will be released. Opposition parties like RJD and Congress in Bihar are protesting this campaign as undemocratic. Now this matter has reached the Supreme Court.
The petitioners have said that independent and fair elections are an integral part of the constitution. The decision of the Election Commission is affecting it. The petitions claimed that the special intensive revision campaign is against Articles 14, 19, 21, 325 and 326 of the Constitution. Also, it is also against the provisions of the Representation of People Act, 1950 and Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.