New Delhi:
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed “serious doubts” over the Election Commission‘s plan to hold a ‘special intensive revision’ of Bihar’s electoral rolls months before the Assembly election.
In a high-stakes hearing – which included arguments on disenfranchisement and determinants of citizenship – the court told the poll panel, “Your exercise is not the problem… it is the timing. We have serious doubts if you can manage this exercise. With such a big population (an estimated eight crore people) being subject to this ‘intensive review’, is it possible to link this to the forthcoming election?”