The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Election
Commission (EC) is a constitutional authority and it is deemed to act in
accordance with law, but if there is mass exclusion in the special intensive revision
(SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the court will step in.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi fixed a
timeline for considering a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission's
SIR exercise in Bihar, and said that hearing on the issue will be held on
August 12 and 13.