The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 7) directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to furnish details of voters excluded under a special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls conducted this year. The top court has asked the ECI to provide the details by Thursday (October 9). The key order comes a day after the poll panel announced the dates for the Bihar assembly elections, which are set to begin on November 6 and conclude on November 11.

What happened during the Supreme Court hearing?

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the controversial SIR exercise, which triggered a political standoff between opposition parties and the government. During the hearing on Tuesday, the ECI said that no complaint or appeal had been filed

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