Expect ECI to rectify typographical errors, different errors in ultimate Bihar electoral roll: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 16, 2025) stated it expects the Election Commission of India to look into typographical errors and different errors within the ultimate Bihar electoral roll ready after the Special Intensive Revision train as a accountable authority and are available out with remedial measures.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi stated it’ll hear on November 4 the authorized points pertaining to the Bihar SIR train.

The ballot panel stated that since its publication of the ultimate electoral roll on September 30, not a single attraction has been filed by any voter in opposition to identify deletion.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, showing for the NGO ‘Association of Democratic Reforms, stated particulars of a voter claiming his identify was not added within the ultimate checklist, which was alleged by the ECI as pretend on the October 7 listening to within the matter, had been true.

He stated that ECI ought to disclose what number of voters had been deleted and for what to make sure transparency within the train.

The Bench famous that the electoral roll can be freezed on October 17 in some constituencies, that are going into ballot in first part and on October 20 for these going into ballot in second part.

On October 7, the highest courtroom requested the ECI to offer particulars of three.66 lakh voters who had been a part of the draft voter checklist however had been excluded from the ultimate electoral roll ready after Bihar’s SIR train, saying there’s “confusion” over the matter.

On September 30, the ECI, whereas publishing the ultimate electoral checklist of the poll-bound Bihar, stated the whole variety of electors has come down by practically 47 lakh to 7.42 crore within the ultimate electoral roll from 7.89 crore earlier than the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter checklist carried out by the Election Commission of India.

The ultimate determine has, nevertheless, elevated by 17.87 lakh from 7.24 crore electors named within the draft checklist issued on August 1, which had eliminated 65 lakh voters from the unique checklist on numerous accounts, together with deaths, migration and duplication of voters.

While 21.53 lakh new electors have been added to the draft checklist, 3.66 lakh names have been eliminated, leading to a web enhance of 17.87 lakh.

The Assembly elections in Bihar can be held in 121 seats of the 243-member Assembly on November 6, whereas the remaining 122 constituencies will go to polls on November 11. The counting of votes can be held on November 14.