What is the Form 6 declaration the Supreme Court says it never approved?

Form 6 is the form used by eligible citizens to apply for inclusion in the electoral roll.

A new declaration attached to the online form asks applicants whether they or their parents were mapped in the previous SIR.

Open magazine reported that the declaration is absent from forms used in other states.

The Supreme Court said on October 5 that it had not approved any modified Form 6.

It wants to see the record to learn who modified it.

The bench was headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana.

The Chief Justice said any modified Form 6 had not been approved by the court and that the bench wanted to see who had modified it once the record was produced.

The court issued notice on the petition and ordered the Election Commission to produce the relevant records.

The petition was tagged with related pleas challenging Election Commission decisions, including a public interest litigation filed by a Patna resident on similar grounds.

Form 6 is the form that eligible citizens use to apply for inclusion in the electoral roll.

The disputed change is a new declaration attached to the online Form 6.

It asks applicants to state whether they or their parents were mapped in the previous SIR.

Open magazine reported that the declaration is absent from the forms used in other states.

The Election Commission had said that the Supreme Court approved the new declaration, and Daily Pioneer reported that the commission’s statement came on September 26.

According to Daily Pioneer, the Commission linked the approval to the court’s May 2026 judgment on the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar.

The plea was filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi and argued by senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, according to Open magazine.

The plea seeks action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and other officials over the changes, according to the same report.

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