India, May 27 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Election Commission of India (ECI) had the authority to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and did not transgress any statutory or constitutional provision. The top court was delivering its judgement on a batch of petitions challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar.

The Supreme Court also upheld the power of the ECI to scrutinise citizenship during the SIR while clarifying that a refusal by the poll to include names won't mean stripping people off their citizenship. Any deletion on this ground will be subject to further adjudication, the apex court said.

SIR has a direct nexus with free and fair election, said the Supreme Court, noting that the ECI has p...