Electoral Roll Reforms in India: The Bihar SIR Controversy, Judicial Oversight, and the Road to 2026 Author Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Electoral Roll Management, Electoral Integrity, Voter Rights, Electoral Reforms, Constitutional Rights, Electoral Transparency. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar (2025–2026) emerged as a watershed moment in Indian electoral jurisprudence, exposing the fragile intersection of administrative efficiency, political neutrality, and constitutional rights. While the exercise aimed to eliminate duplicate and ineligible entries, it resulted in the deletion of over 65 lakh names—many without prior notice or adequate verification—triggering nationwide protests, multiple Supreme Court interventions, and a fundamental rethinking of voter roll management. This paper updates the original 2025 analysis with critical developments, including the Supreme Court’s landmark order mandating public disclosure of deleted names, the government’s proposed Electoral Roll Management Bill (2026), and the adoption of biometric and AI-driven verification systems. Drawing on comparative practices from Canada, Australia, and the UK, the study argues that India must transition from periodic, politically sensitive revisions to a continuous, technology-enabled, and judicially supervised voter roll system. The paper concludes with actionable recommendations for legislative reform, institutional transparency, and citizen-centric grievance redressal, positioning electoral integrity as a non-negotiable pillar of India’s democratic future. International Journal of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Commerce 2025-12-06 Text application/pdf 10.65919/ijahssc.2026.v2i1008 en