India, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there should be no fear among Delhi voters struck off the draft electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) so long as it is hearing the issue. It agreed to hear an application over the Election Commission of India (ECI) assurance that there will be no prosecution of deleted voters filling up Form 6 for inclusion in the roll with a declaration of being first-time electors.

This came after advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the matter in a pending petition of RTI activists Anjali Bharadwaj and Amrita Johri. Bhushan said voters are apprehensive that they may be prosecuted if they fill Form 6 despite the ECI assurance. He added that this clarification goes against the Octo...