The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) tested the role of Aadhaar in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, asking whether a foreigner, who has already managed to use the document to access welfare benefits such as subsidised ration, should be further allowed to exploit it to gain automatic entry into the electoral roll. The question was posed despite the court having ordered Aadhaar to be included as a “12th document” during the Bihar SIR hearings. “Aadhaar is the creation of a statute. Nobody can dispute the use of Aadhaar card to avail welfare benefits. But suppose a person comes from a neighbouring country to India, works as a labourer or a rickshaw puller, he accesses Aadhaar to provide subsidised ration for his children — that is our constitutional ethos and morality, but does it mean that since he has got Aadhaar, he should be made a voter also?” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioners. The query from the Bench came shortly after Mr. Sibal …