KOLKATA: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen expressed concerns over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ...

The economist questioned whether it was fair to demand strict documentation from citizens who may not have access to those ...

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Amartya Sen warned that the SIR exercise, like the one in Bihar, could end up "disenfranchising" a large number of poor and marginalised people ...

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allow voters excluded from the revised electoral rolls published on August 1 to submit their claims online or ...

AAP leader Anurag Dhanda welcomed the Supreme Court’s order on Bihar electoral rolls revision, adding that the judgment has ...

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi allowed claim forms to be submitted along with Aadhaar card number and any ...

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Questioning the fairness of the bureaucratic process, Sen demanded strict documentation from citizens who may not have access to those things. Adding that administrative processes and periodic ...

Sen's concerns echoed those of opposition parties and activists, who claimed that the SIR exercise can lead to wrongful ...