India, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that a Class 10 admit card accompanied by a pass certificate can be produced as supplementary documentation for identity verification in the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi passed the order after senior advocate DS Naidu mentioned the matter.

The lawyer expressed concerns about whether such admit cards can be permitted to be a standalone identity document.

The top court said it has already directed that the admit card will only be a supplementary document.

"All documents mentioned in para 3(iii) of the order dated February 24, 2026, which are not uploaded so far and received bef...