{"id":7064,"date":"2025-07-11T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/citizenship-burden-on-voters-ecis-intent-and-timing-suspect-sc\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:59:19","slug":"citizenship-burden-on-voters-ecis-intent-and-timing-suspect-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=7064","title":{"rendered":"\u201c Citizenship Burden On Voters\u2019\u2019?; ECI\u2019s Intent And Timing Suspect: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">A concerned bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Joymalya Bagchi of the Supreme Court sought answers from the Election Commission of India&#39;s (ECI) on its order of initiating a Special Intensive Revision just before the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The order, which requires voters to furnish documents of citizenship proof, complicates the process for citizens and raises serious concern about the ECI&rsquo;s legal standing to authorize the same. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The bench was examining a group of petitions contesting the Election Commission of India&rsquo;s (ECI) decision of June 24, ordering a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) under section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act,1950. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Contesting the order, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing petitioner RJD MP Manoj Jha, argued that the ECI was unfairly shifting the responsibility of proving citizenship onto the voters. Additionally, he emphasized that several widely accepted documents, such as Aadhaar cards, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MNREGA) job cards, and ration cards, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>had been excluded from consideration by the ECI,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> complicating the process for many voters. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Justice Bagchi raised a critical question about the exclusion of Aadhaar, noting that even the documents accepted by the ECI do not inherently establish citizenship. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>He clarified that the determination of citizenship is fundamentally the responsibility of the Home Ministry, not the ECI.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> A further discussion prompted the bench to explore whether the issue of citizenship fell under the jurisdiction of the ECI at all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">As Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, representing the ECI, maintained that Aadhaar could serve for identity verification, Justice Bagchi countered by stating that such a determination relates to a different matter. The deliberations also veered toward the timing of the revision process, particularly given the imminent elections in Bihar scheduled for November.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Justice Dhulia expressed concern that the effort to review the electoral rolls so close to the elections could disenfranchise eligible voters. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Justice Bagchi pointed out the challenges of completing the SIR process efficiently, given that it is to be accomplished within a limited timeframe while ensuring that all eligible voters are accounted for. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>Ultimately, the court directed the ECI to include Aadhaar, voter ID cards, and ration cards as acceptable documents for the upcoming Special Intensive Revision<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The matter is slated for <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>further hearings on July 28, 2025.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Case Title: Association for Democratic Reforms and Ors. 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