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SC Defers Bihar Voter-List Case to Nov. 4 as EC Accelerates Bengal SIR and Replaces 79 EROs

The court said it expects the commission to publish detailed additions and deletions with corrections before Bihar’s rolls freeze this week.

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'Expect EC to rectify typographical errors, other mistakes in final Bihar electoral roll', says SC

Overview

  • India’s Supreme Court adjourned challenges to Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision to November 4, noting voter lists will be frozen on October 17 and 20 for the two poll phases.
  • The bench said it expects the Election Commission to fix typographical and factual errors and to disclose names added and deleted from Bihar’s final roll.
  • In fresh filings, the EC rejected claims of communal bias in Bihar’s SIR, called petitioners’ name-based religion analysis unreliable, and said no appeals have been lodged against the 3.66 lakh final deletions.
  • The EC reiterated Bihar’s roll stands at 7.42 crore after the SIR, down from 7.89 crore pre-revision, with 21.53 lakh additions to the draft list and 3.66 lakh further deletions.
  • In West Bengal, the EC ordered the replacement of Electoral Registration Officers in 79 constituencies for violating criteria and pushed districts to complete 2002–2025 booth-mapping uploads, drawing protests from TMC, Left and Congress while BJP leaders escalated rhetoric.