By Admin 
While hearing the petitions filed to challenge the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list going on across the country, the Supreme Court has expressed concern over the issue of infiltrators. During the hearing on Wednesday (November 26, 2025), the Supreme Court asked whether any non-Indian should also be given the right to participate in the elections because of being an Aadhar card holder. The court said that the purpose of Aadhaar is to provide social welfare benefits to all people, but it cannot give the right to vote.
The bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that Aadhaar does not provide proof of full citizenship, hence we had said that it can be included only as a document in the documents required for SIR.
CJI Surya Kant said, ‘If Aadhaar gives someone the right to get ration, should he also be given the right to vote? Suppose a person from a neighboring country lives here to work?
The court made it clear that Aadhaar cannot be considered an indisputable document of citizenship. Its objectives are limited. The court also refused to accept the suggestion that the Election Commission should work like a post office and automatically accept every Form 6 application. The court said that the Election Commission has the right to determine the authenticity of the documents given along with Form 6 for registering names in the voter list. The bench said that the Election Commission is not a post office.
During the hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for some petitioners, said that the SIR process is affecting democracy. He said that the SIR process is an unconstitutional burden on common voters, there are many voters who cannot read and write and if they do not fill the form, they will be removed from the voter list. He urged the court that if someone is removed from the list, then a fair and impartial process should be used.
Kapil Sibal said that Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship, but it does give the possibility that the card holder may be a citizen. If you want to snatch Aadhaar then go through this process and let this process be proved correct in the court.