New Delhi, October 5: The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not approved any modified version of Form 6, which is used by the Election Commission (EC) to register new voters. The court’s remarks came amid a controversy over an additional requirement introduced in the form in 2025. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said the court wanted to examine the records to determine who made the changes.
“Modified Form 6 has not been approved by us, let us be very clear,” CJI Surya Kant said. “When the record is produced, we want to see who has modified the Form 6.”
The dispute dates back to the EC’s June 2025 order on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which prescribed an additional declaration, known as Annexure D, alongside Form 6 for new enrolments during the exercise. However, a requirement now under scrutiny was later introduced in the online Form 6 process in July 2026. It asked applicants to provide details linking themselves, their parents or grandparents to previous SIR electoral rolls.
The timing has drawn attention as the online requirement was introduced weeks after the Supreme Court’s May 27 judgment on the Bihar SIR.
The EC has maintained that Form 6 itself was not modified and that the SIR declaration was an additional requirement. In a September 28 statement, the poll panel said the declaration had been “upheld” by the Supreme Court and that the forms prescribed under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 would continue to apply during non-SIR periods.
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