New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The Supreme Court on October 9 directed that the Bihar State Legal Services Authority should provide thorough assistance in filing appeals to those excluded from the voters' list prepared by the Election Commission of India (ECI) as part of the recently-concluded Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, legal news website Bar and Bench reported.

The next hearing in this matter is scheduled for October 16.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymlaya Bagchi declined to pass any blanket order on the exclusions and inclusions in the voters' list. Instead, it asked the affected individuals to file appeals to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the State.

"Regardless of outcome of these proceedings, one issue that has...