The EC has clarified that voters whose names were left out during or after the SIR process can still apply for inclusion in the electoral rolls through the process of continuous updation. (File photo)

Modified Form 6 not approved by us: Supreme Court's big remark

The Supreme Court's clarification came after it was told about changes made to Form 6 in connection with the SIR exercise.

by · India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not approved any changes to Form 6, the application used for registering new voters, as it heard petitions challenging the powers exercised by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The clarification came after the court was told about changes made to Form 6 in connection with the SIR exercise. The bench made it clear that it had not approved any such modification. “Modified Form 6 has not been approved by us, let us be very clear,” it said.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said the court wanted to examine the record to determine who had made the changes. “When the record is produced, we want to see who has modified the Form 6,” he observed.

The Form 6 row centres on an additional SIR declaration by the EC, requiring new voters to provide links to earlier electoral rolls. The poll body said it was merely an annexure while critics argued it effectively altered a statutory form without following the prescribed legal process.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

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