Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, for EC, argued that the Commission will contest everything on reasonableness and rationality. “We will not assume the High pedestal that we are omnipotent and we can do everything. We contend that ECI has enough reservoirs of powers under Article 324, section 15 and both 21(1) and (2) to take certain decisions.Before passing the directions, the court wanted to know from the EC how many were in the summary list of 2025 and how many were omitted in the draft list. To this, the EC replied that the figures were 7.89 crores and 65 lakhs, respectively.Dwivedi also made it clear to the SC that we have given the bifurcation that 22 lakhs were dead. 6.24 crores will not be required to give any documents at all.Dwivedi also pointed out and said, the EC have not deleted anybody. We have asked for the documents. If the electoral roll is being revised. The EPIC card will either be updated or excluded.The top court was hearing the pleas filed by NGO- ADR, People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Yogendra Yadav, Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Trinamool Congress Party, Mahua Moitra, Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha, Congress Party leader K C Venugopal and Mujahid Alam.The petitioners from the top court sought a direction to set aside the ECI’s SIR order of 24, June, 2025.”Issue a writ, order or direction setting aside Order and Communication dated 24.06.2025 and accompanying guidelines issued by ECI to conduct SIR of the electoral rolls in Bihar as being in violation of Articles 14, 19, 21, 325, 326 of the Constitution of India and provisions of Representation of People (RP) Act, 1950 and Registration of Electors Rules, 1960,” said, the plea of ADR, filed in the top court.
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