India, May 28 -- The court stressed that electoral purity matters as much as polling

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Bihar did not violate any law or Constitutional provisions. The court observed that the "SIR is a step towards an accurate and inclusive electoral roll" and that it breathes life into Constitution.

The bench ruled that the ECI's mandate to ensure free and fair elections is "expansive" and cannot be "extinguished" or "paralysed" by parliamentary legislation.'

"In our considered opinion, the impugned SIR does not supplant the RP Act or the 1960 Rules. It rather breathes life into the constitutional mandate of Arti...