India, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of India to accept claim forms along with Aadhaar card or any other 11 acceptable documents as part of Bihar's Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The development comes over a week after the top court noted that Aadhaar cannot be treated as proof of citizenship.

During a hearing on Friday, the Supreme Court noted that the process of draft roll revision in the poll-bound state should be "voter-friendly" and ordered all 12 political parties in the state to assist the 65 lakh voters who are not included in the draft roll. The top court also noted the "inaction" of political parties in correcting the names of deleted voters.

The poll panel had earlier released name...