Overview

• The Supreme Court directed that Aadhaar be treated as the 12th valid document to establish a voter’s identity in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision, clarifying it is not proof of citizenship and may be verified for authenticity.
• The Election Commission gave an undertaking to accept Aadhaar and was told to issue ground-level instructions the same day, as the court also sought the Commission’s explanation for show‑cause notices related to Aadhaar handling by officials.
• Petitioners, including political parties and civil society groups, alleged refusals to accept Aadhaar and cited affidavits from voters and penalised Booth Level Officers, prompting the court’s renewed implementation order.
• The draft roll published on August 1 lists about 7.24 crore electors after roughly 65 lakh deletions attributed to deaths, migration or duplication, a process the EC defends as roll clean‑up.
• EC counsel said about 99.5–99.6% of electors in the draft have already filed documents; the court kept supervision in place with the next hearing on September 15 and the final roll due September 30.