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SC Rules Voter List Deletion Does Not Strips Citizenship
Public Lokpal
July 18, 2026
SC Rules Voter List Deletion Does Not Strips Citizenship
New Delhi : In a major constitutional clarification, a three-judge Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant ruled that removing a person’s name from electoral rolls during a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) does not amount to a loss of Indian citizenship.
The landmark ruling came during a hearing concerning over 3.4 million pending appeals in West Bengal, where individuals faced exclusion from critical state welfare schemes, subsidized rations, and caste certificates after being cleared from voter lists. The apex court firmly rejected this practice, stating that electoral revision data should not be used to strip people of their civil and basic rights.
Reiterating its previous stance, the Supreme Court emphasized that the Election Commission of India (ECI) holds administrative control over voter lists but lacks the constitutional mandate to determine or revoke an individual's legal citizenship. The judges clarified that if the ECI flags a voter's status as doubtful, it bears a corresponding duty to officially refer the case to the Union Ministry for formal adjudication under the Citizenship Act, rather than letting the individual face automatic deprivation.
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