New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday clarified that the booth-level agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls can be held accountable only for information that is capable of being personally verified by them.

Justice Amit Bansal, while pronouncing the verdict, observed that a BLA's responsibility cannot extend to certifying every detail contained in an elector's enumeration form.

According to the court's oral observations, BLAs can be made liable only for verifiable particulars, such as whether the photograph appearing in an enumeration form corresponds with the identity of the elector concerned.

"In the opinion of this Court, a BLA can only be made lia...