SC on form 6 changes
New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said that it had not approved a modified Form 6 -- the statutory application used by citizens to register as voters -- days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) stated that a controversial additional declaration appended to Form 6 for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls (SIR) had been upheld by the apex court.
The court issued notice on a plea challenging alleged changes made to the form on the ECINet/ERONet portal during the ongoing SIR.
"Any modified Form 6 has not been approved by us. Let's be clear. When records will be produced, we would like to see who and what has modified," said a bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, signalling that the court wou...
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