India, Oct. 10 -- "Too much of passion, little of reason," the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday as it heard petitions challenging the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and the alleged deletion of nearly 3.66 lakh voters from the final rolls.

A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, while hearing the matter for the third time in as many weeks, expressed concern over the absence of credible material before it to establish wrongful deletions, observing that most allegations were yet to be tested through the statutory appeal mechanism available under the law.

"An appeal can just be made by saying that 'My name has not been included and no order has been passed'. Where is even one such appeal? ...