Class 10 admit cards with pass certificates can be used as ID: Supreme Court in West Bengal SIR
The Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that a Class 10 admit card accompanied by a pass certificate can be produced as supplementary documentation for identity verification in the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal.
A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi passed the order after senior advocate DS Naidu mentioned the matter.
The lawyer expressed concerns about whether such admit cards can be permitted to be a standalone identity document.
The top court said it has already directed that the admit card will only be a supplementary document.
“All documents mentioned in para 3(iii) of the order dated February 24, 2026, which are not uploaded so far and received before February 15, shall be submitted by the Electoral Registration Officers, Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, to the presiding judicial officers by tomorrow, 5 pm.
“Similarly, para 3(iii)(c) is clarified to the effect that Madhyamik (Class 10) admit cards may be submitted along with a pass certificate for the purpose of birth certificate and the purposes of parentage,” the bench said.
The apex court on Tuesday allowed the deployment of West Bengal civil judges, in addition to 250 district judges, and the requisitioning of judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha to handle 80 lakh claims and objections of those facing deletion from the electoral roll in the ongoing SIR exercise in the State.
