Public sentiment is predominantly negative, marked by confusion and skepticism about the Supreme Court's decision to allow Aadhaar as a voter ID. Concerns about voter fraud, the potential for illegal immigrants to vote, and a lack of trust in the Election Commission are prevalent, overshadowing any perceived benefits of the ruling.

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Before that, how about taking a swift action against the culprits involved who jeopardized the core values of India?

onlybloke

The BJ Party just handed booth level politics to opposition,  that too an united opposition 🤡


This SIR exercise will turn out to be the final nail in the coffin of the election shenanigans. ❤️

newbaba

So the entire point of SIR was completely useless?

If someone is excluded from the voter list during the SIR, he can simply apply and vote again if he has an Aadhar card. So why delete his name in the first place?

ECI could have just confirmed and kept the name of those who have Aadhar.

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NumerousCrab7627

Can’t wait for enlightened centrists to say democracy is saved

Dependent-Soil3028

How will they ?? Many of them especially females are barely literate or illiterate.

CaregiverHealthy6515

This is just a start. Voter list will be cleansed by ECI in other states one by one. But leftist parties like congress wants bangladeshis and rohigyas to vote, so that they can win elections and capture power

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Welcome the transparency.

Court have to give direction for same rather than ECI ( constitutional body). It tells very much about democratic level of independent  institutions.

Sneakysahil

&gt; (iv) In the public notice, it shall also be expressly mentioned that the aggrieved persons may submit their claims along with a copy of the Aadhaar card.

Is the SC legislating the Aadhaar Act to make it proof of citizenship? This defeats the whole purpose. Whole exercise undone due to this direction.

tryst_of_gilgamesh

Disclosing the list as well as the reasons will improve "voter confidence" in the institution, the bench observed. When Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, for the Election Commission of India, submitted that the booth-level lists of omitted voters have already been shared with the Booth Level Agents of the political parties, the bench asked why the voters should be compelled to go after political parties to know their status. "Can't you have a mechanism where they do not have to run after local political party?Why don't you do it on internet also?" Justice Kant asked. When Dwivedi said that voters can know their status by entering their EPIC number on the site, the bench suggested that the list of excluded persons itself be uploaded. "Why don't you put all deceased/migrated/duplicated elector names on website?" Justice Bagchi asked. "If you bring in public domain, the narrative (against the ECI) disappears," Justice Kant stated. "We are not being critical of your not doing something...transparency will help create voter confidence. Why don't you take an additional step of putting it up on website, clearly identifying persons who are not there, with reasons, so that they can take remedial measures?," Justice Bagchi asked. Justice Kant said a "layman-friendly" public notice in the simplest language should be published stating that the list of deleted names can be found on the website and giving the name of the website. "If Poonam Devi has been omitted, Poonam Devi must be able to know that she has been deleted and why she has been deleted," Justice Kant said.  
  
[**https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/publish-on-website-list-of-voters-omitted-in-bihar-sir-with-reasons-specify-aadhaar-card-can-be-submitted-supreme-court-directs-eci-300910**](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/publish-on-website-list-of-voters-omitted-in-bihar-sir-with-reasons-specify-aadhaar-card-can-be-submitted-supreme-court-directs-eci-300910)

Guilty-King-9047

Thats how everything is In India. Hollow ,And just working anyhow. All these things are not even surprising for most Indians.

No_Bad6195

**Directions-**  
 After the hearing, the bench dictated the following order : On suggestion by this court, the following steps have been agreed to by ECI, as interim measures -   
(i) The list of 65 lakhs (approximate) voters whose names appeared in the voter list as on 2025 but are not included in the draft list shall be displayed on the websites of every District Electoral Officers (district-wise). The information will be booth-wise but it can be accessed by EPIC number of the voter. It shall also disclose the reason of non-inlcusion in the draft roll.  
(ii) With a view to make the public aware of the display of 65 lakh voters on the website of the District Electoral Officers, wide publicity shall be given in vernacular newspapers having wide circulation in Bihar. It shall also be broadcast and telecast on TV and radio channels. If the District Electoral Officers have any official social media site, they will display the public notice on that site as well.   
(iii) In addition, the booth-wise list of 65 lakh voters shall also be displayed on the notice board by each Booth Level Officer in their respective offices of the Block Development/Panchayat to enable the public to have manual access to the list along with the reasons for non-inclusion.  
 (iv) In the public notice, it shall also be expressly mentioned that the aggrieved persons may submit their claims along with a copy of the Aadhaar card.   
(v) The State Election Officers will also get the soft copy of the district-wise list of persons not included in the draft and will publish on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar.  
 (vi) The website-lists will be EPIC-based searchable.   
  
[**https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/publish-on-website-list-of-voters-omitted-in-bihar-sir-with-reasons-specify-aadhaar-card-can-be-submitted-supreme-court-directs-eci-300910**](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/publish-on-website-list-of-voters-omitted-in-bihar-sir-with-reasons-specify-aadhaar-card-can-be-submitted-supreme-court-directs-eci-300910)

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There has been 100+% aadhaar coverage in multiple locations, with fake aadahaar cards for Bangladeshi immigrants being very common it's basically saying yes lock your door but leave the key stuck to the lock in case the thief needs it

One_Butterscotch8981

Allowing Aadhar card is a farce.

Hopefully this is just for this election and next onwards will be done better

Plus there is a need to disable fake aadhars

pratyush_1991

So in one fell swoop, TMC's gifting of Adhaar and ration cards to Kanglus has been legitimized by the milords. Neither of them is proof of citizenship, so how can it be enough to let them vote? Do milords even think of the implications of their actions?

ididacannonball

Allow Aadhar? Now Bangladeshis and Nepalis who have managed to get them could vote. Masterstroke.

pro-eukaryotes

While the Court declined to stay the SIR process, it repeatedly questioned the ECI's decision to exclude Aadhaar as a valid form of identification. Although no interim order was passed to halt the revision, the Court directed the ECI to provide a justification if it decides not to include Aadhaar, ration cards, or EPIC in the list of acceptable documents.



its written on the front of the damned card that it is a proof of identity and not a proof of citizenship

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My only question is why do it so close to the election with so little time. You're just gonna disenfranchise genuine voters.

GlitteringNinja5

The Aadhar roleout was done by BJP and they started al9t of controversial rules such as making it compulsory to link aadhar to phone number (which was overturned)

And now all of a sudden Aadhar can't be used for elections? Doesn't that seem bonkers?

Also, the main concern would be the prevention of disenfranchment of certain electoral base...how do you expect ppl to get added to the polls using new documentation when elections are 4 months away?
What's to stop BJP from ensuring only their voters are able to vote?

Similar cases of ppl being excluded from rolls were done during the UP elections

Full-Wealth-5962

Aadhaar saturation probably means that excess people were counted most likely due to movement of migrant workers when the data was collected.

Here is the UIDAI having a list from 31st December 2020 on their website with multiple states showing over 100% saturation:

[https://uidai.gov.in/images/state-wise-aadhaar-saturation.pdf](https://uidai.gov.in/images/state-wise-aadhaar-saturation.pdf)

No need to give this "news" some sinister spin.

Professional-Tear996

It is the current BJP that pushed for widespread Aadhar adoption. If there are flaws then it is their fault. Why should a citizen be denied their right vote cause of govt. incompetence.
People who support this move have a very servile mindset. The same BJP that wants to keep questioning the legitimacy of citizens wants to have a unified election because they are afraid of the questioning themselves!

LurkingTamilian

How else will innocent Bangladeshi Mullahs will get to vote for Khangress?

These_Ad1825

Bruh because why the hell else was it issued? 

Modi did this big show about Aadhar as being this one doc to prove your identity but now it doesn’t even matter.

Specialist-Love1504

any one who knows how to breathe can get the aadhar card in any place in india. there is no verification

DifficultMedicine798

Good development. ECI should make the voter list available for all constituencies that is machine readable. What is there to hide for them? If they are not doing it - then it is crystal clear that they are working hands in glove with BJP in adding fake voters. During the 2024 elections, poliing numbers went up by a higher % after 5 pm - there might have been a possibility that the ECI polled those fake votes after 5 pm.

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shezadaa

Whatever scam they wanted to do they already did by now, manipulated documents, corrupted authorities and what not maybe they already have named the winners losers in calculative way to not grt suspicious yet powerful where its important for them, anyways voter count was always low so this time we be looking at lowest. Kudos to paaji govt

People kept asking what’s worse than congress corruption, i see they surpassed that long ago

Such-Emu-1455

Now what to do with the Current government  ?

Mountain-Finish-1992

The Supreme Court of India has directed the Election Commission to include Aadhaar as the 12th document for establishing voter identity during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.

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