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With petitioners in the court estimating that about 940,000 voters in Bihar will be facing disenfranchisement as a result of the SIR, the Supreme Court had warned the ECI that it would “step in if mass exclusion takes place”. The court said on Tuesday that the ECI is a constitutional body that has to abide by the law. The ECI is to release the provisional electoral roll on August 1. The Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, asked the petitioners to file their written submissions by August 8 and stated that hearings will take place on August 12 and August 13. Earlier on Monday, the court reiterated its demand that the ECI accept the Aadhaar and Voter Identity Cards as admissible documents. But the ECI argued that the Aaadhar, Voter หนังใหม่2025