Bihar SIR: Consider Aadhaar as valid ID document, SC tells EC; clarifies it’s not a citizenship proof | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission (EC) to consider Aadhaar as the 12th prescribed document for establishing the identity of voters in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The apex court clarified that Aadhaar should only be treated as proof of identity, not as proof of citizenship. “Only genuine…