Overview

• Filing a status report, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court it has posted booth-wise details of roughly 65 lakh non-included electors on all 38 district websites and displayed physical copies locally.
• The published lists state reasons for non-inclusion such as death, shifting of ordinary residence, or duplicate entries, and public notices inform voters they may submit Aadhaar copies with their claims.
• The Supreme Court has stressed voters’ right to know, directing district- and booth-wise publication with reasons and requiring high transparency during the Special Intensive Revision.
• The window for claims and objections runs through September 1; the Bihar CEO has received 70,895 submissions so far, with 3,449 disposed, and no political party has filed any yet.
• The matter is listed for August 22 before Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, with the Court continuing to oversee the exercise.