At the heart of the Bihar SIR dispute is the basic natural justice principle: hear a person before causing harm

There are stringent standards and procedures set out by statutory laws to guide the ECI on the registration of names in the electoral rolls. These laws balance out the ECIs power of superintendence over elections under Article 324 with the ordinary citizens or the little mans right to vote enshrined in Article 326 of the Constitution and Section 62 of the Representation of the People (RP) Act