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CJI Surya Kant Slams Unauthorized Changes to Form-6
- •The Supreme Court clarified that it has not approved any changes made to Form-6 used for voter registration.
- •Petitioners argued that unauthorized conditions regarding parents' details were added to Form-6 during the SIR in Delhi.
- •No official amendment was made to the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, raising questions about portal modifications.
- •The CJI stated that the court will examine the report from the Election Commission to find out who is responsible.
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An additional section was added to Form-6 during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) without legal approval, asking applicants whether their parents were included in the electoral roll during the previous revision and demanding details like polling booth and serial numbers, despite no official amendment being made to the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.
Chief Justice Surya Kant remarked that the Supreme Court has not approved any changes made to Form-6 and noted that a report has been requested from the Election Commission to examine who authorized these alterations and whether the decision was taken unanimously.
A petition filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in collusion with the Director General of IT, unlawfully modified Form-6 on the ECINET portal in July 2026 without amending the underlying statutory rules, prompting calls to fix individual criminal liability.
