Goa, July 7 -- The Supreme Court has received a flurry of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) June 24 order to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, a move critics say could disenfranchise millions ahead of the upcoming state elections.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha is the latest to file a plea, contending that the ECI's exercise amounts to "institutionalised disenfranchisement" targeting Muslims, Dalits, and economically vulnerable migrant workers. His petition argues the process is rushed, ill-timed during Bihar's monsoon season-when floods displace large populations-and places an unfair burden on voters to prove citizenship through limited documentation.

Jha not...