New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that it has complied with the court's directions on transparency in Bihar's electoral roll revision, publishing the booth-wise list of nearly 6.5 million voters whose names are missing from the draft rolls along with reasons for their exclusion. The move comes a day ahead of Friday's crucial hearing on petitions alleging large-scale deletions during the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise.

In a compliance affidavit, the poll panel said: "That in light of the order passed by this Hon'ble Court, the booth-wise list of about 65 lakh persons whose names do not appear in the Draft electoral Roll has been published on the website o...