Guwahati, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls has brought to light a clash between the Election Commission of India's authority over elections and citizens' constitutional right to vote.

Justice Joymalya Bagchi, part of the Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant, heard petitions challenging the SIR ahead of the November Assembly elections, noting that poll-bound Bihar finds itself between Article 324, which empowers the Election Commission to oversee elections, and Article 326, which guarantees adult suffrage.

Senior advocates A.M. Singhvi and Gopal Sankaranarayanan argued that the EC's process of sending pre-filled enumeration forms and subsequently deletin...