India, June 7 -- In the name of democracy and under the guise of protecting the rights of the underprivileged, are certain people pursuing a nefarious agenda?

On May 27, a two-judge Bench unanimously and categorically upheld the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar by the Election Commission of India, declaring that the exercise was constitutionally valid, proportionate and within the ECI's powers under Article 324 and Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (RPA).

The judgement was delivered by Chief Justice Surya Kant on behalf of himself and Justices Joymalya Bagchi, after hearings that ran for nearly 7 months across 29 day.

The SC was responding to a petition challenging t...