Rush Hour: SC asks EC to consider Aadhaar for voter roll revision, Sheikh Hasina indicted and more

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The Election Commission should consider Aadhaar cards, voter ID cards and ration cards as proof for the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Supreme Court has said. It noted that the list of 11 documents that the poll panel had said could be submitted as proof of citizenship was not exhaustive.

The court was hearing petitions against the Election Commission’s decision to carry out a special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections, which are expected to take place in October or November. The matter has been posted for further hearing on July 28.

The revision was announced by the Election Commission on June 24. As part of the exercise, persons whose names were not on the 2003 voter list will need to submit proof of eligibility to vote. This means that 2.9 crore out of the state’s 7.8 crore voters – or about 37% of the electors – will have to submit documentary evidence to be included on the electoral rolls. Read more

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