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Supreme Court clarifies it did not approve Form 6 modifications, seeks Election Commission response
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News18•05-10-2026, 16:45
Supreme Court clarifies it did not approve Form 6 modifications, seeks Election Commission response
- •The Supreme Court stated that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6, which is used by citizens to apply for inclusion in electoral rolls.
- •A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant is hearing a PIL challenging decisions and software changes allegedly made by CEC Gyanesh Kumar without the concurrence of other election commissioners.
- •The petitioner alleged that the CEC's actions violated the statutory requirement of collective decision-making under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023.
- •The plea raises concerns over alterations requiring ancestral details and links to previous Special Intensive Revision without following statutory procedures.
- •The Supreme Court has issued a notice on the plea and tagged it with another PIL concerning electoral roll revisions.
Key Questions Answered
The Supreme Court clarified that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 used by the Election Commission during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The PIL alleged that the Chief Election Commissioner violated collective decision-making requirements by altering Form 6 via software changes without full commission concurrence or majority approval, prompting the court to seek the EC's response.
The online version of Form 6 was modified to include a separate declaration requiring applicants to provide ancestral details and links to the previous Special Intensive Revision, which critics and other election commissioners argued bypassed statutory amendment procedures.
