Bihar SIR: SC declines to extend claim submission deadline

by IANS |

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to extend the September 1 deadline set by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for filing claims and objections to the draft electoral rolls published in Bihar after the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The development came after the ECI assured the apex court that even objections sent after September 1, but before the last date of nominations, would still be considered for inclusion in the voters’ list.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a clutch of applications filed by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other political parties seeking an extension of the poll body’s deadline for submitting the claim form. In its order, the Justice Kant-led Bench noted, "The process of consideration of claims will continue till the last date of nominations. Let the claims/objections be continued to be filed."