However, Bhushan contended that some political parties have been given a list of deleted voters but they have not further clarified whether the said voter is dead or migrated.The bench told the ECI’s counsel, “We will see every voter likely to be affected and get the required information. You (ECI) file a reply by Saturday and let Mr Bhushan look at it and then we can see what is disclosed and what is not disclosed.” Bhushan alleged that 75 percent of voters, who have filled the enumeration form have not furnished any supporting documents mentioned in the list of 11 documents and their names were included on the recommendation of Booth Level Officer (BLO) of the poll panel.The bench said it is commencing hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the June 24 order of the poll panel on August 12 and the NGO can make these averments on that day.Terming the Election Commission a constitutional authority deemed to act in accordance with law, the top court had said on July 29 that it will step in immediately if there is “mass exclusion” in the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar.It had fixed a timeline for considering a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission’s SIR exercise in Bihar and said the hearing on the issue will be held on August 12 and 13.Earlier, observing there should be “en masse inclusion” instead of “en masse exclusion in the ongoing SIR exercise of voters’ list in poll-bound Bihar, the top court asked the Election Commission to continue accepting Aadhaar and voter ID documents.Underscoring the “presumption of genuineness” of the two documents, the top court also refused to stay the publication of the draft electoral roll in Bihar.
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