Bihar Sir: Without notice, there is no deletion of the name from a draft role, ECI tells SC; Address doubt Bharat News

The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court on Saturday that no voter’s name would be removed from a voter role in Bihar without prior notice, which is the opportunity to be heard, and a logical order.The pole panel also said that the statutory structure is not required to prepare or share a separate list of those not included in the draft role, or publish the reasons for someone’s non-conscience.The EC filed an additional affidavit in the apex court on Saturday, a few days after the draft electoral rolls for Bihar were released. The draft listed 7.24 crore voters, but left more than 65 million names, claiming that most of them had either died or migrated.Separately, EC filed its reply to a petitioner’s application, seeking instructions to publish a full and final constituency and booth-wise list of about 65 lakh voters, whose enumeration forms were not submitted, as well as with the causes of non-submission.A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant is listening to the arguments against the EC’s Special Intensive Amendment (SIR) of the electoral role in Bihar.In its affidavit, EC stated that the first phase of Sir was completed and the draft election role was published on 1 August.“It is further presented that, as a case of policy and strict adherence to the principles of natural justice, no voter’s name will be delayed from the draft electoral role published on August 1, 2025, without this: (i) is issuing a prior notice to issue a pre -notice and an argument and order by competent authority,” said this.It states that these safety measures are reinforced by two-level appeal mechanisms under the rules to ensure that each electoral support is given adequate support against adverse action.The EC stated that it has issued strict directions to prevent any deletion without any information and a speech order, with a provision for appeal for appeal under Section 24 of the Representation of the People’s Act, 1950.In a separate answer, the pole panel said, “It is presented that the statutory structure does not require a defendant (EC) to portray or share the defendant (EC), which does not publish any person’s names to portray or share any separate list of people’s names, or for any reason, do not publish the causes of any person’s non-fervor in the electoral roll for any reason”.“As the law nor the guidelines provide for the preparation or sharing of any list of previous voters, which are not obtained during any reason during the calculation phase, no such list can be sought by the petition as correct,” this has been said.The EC said that excluding the draft rolls does not mean that a person has been removed from the electoral role. It said that the draft showed that a calculation was received during the phase of the calculation.“But, due to human participation in the execution of this practice of the scale, there is always a possibility that there may be an exclusion or inclusion surface due to unknown or error,” it said.The Commission said that before publishing the draft rolls, it directed the CEO and others to share with political parties, whose calculations were not received, and to get help in reaching them.It alleged that the petitioner’s approach was in accordance with the earlier efforts to spoil the Election Commission by spreading false stories on digital, print and social media.“Such efforts should be dealt with appropriately by this court, and this court must be charged huge costs for the petitioner’s efforts to deliberately mislead this court,” it said.The EC said that after the draft role was published, political parties were given an update list of names included in the draft role.“Political parties have accepted the attainment of the above list,” said this.The Commission also told the court, “In another attempt to mislead the court, the petitioners strongly claimed that a person named the draft role has no support for a measure because he cannot register a claim or objection”.Citing the Sir order of June 24, he said that guidelines allow those whose calculations were not submitted within the specified time.On August 6, the Supreme Court had asked the EC to provide by 9 August that the details of about 65 lakh voters out of the draft role.The NGO Association for Democratic Reforms, which challenged the EC’s 24 June Sir Order, has filed a new application, demanding publication of 65 lakh names, which has been excluded with reasons such as death, migration or other Aadhaar.