NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday orally observed that the clutch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to revise electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar raises an issue which “goes at the very roots of democracy”, involving the right to vote.
After the petitioners' side presented their oral submissions, a Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi remarked, “There is no question that the issue raised goes at the very roots of democracy -- the right to vote”.
“They (petitioners) are challenging not only the powers of the Election Commission of India to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise but the procedure and the timings as well, ” it added.