India, Oct. 15 -- On Monday, October 12, the Supreme Court made an important clarification. In a case challenging the allegedly unilateral special intensive revision (SIR)-related decisions taken by chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Court stated that it had not adjudicated the amendments to Form 6 - the form new voters must fill for enrolment. The clarification came in relation to an October 5 observation by the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant - Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana are the other members of the bench hearing the case - that the changes had not been "approved" by the Supreme Court. The Court said on Monday that since it had not ruled on the changes, it had neither approved nor rejected them.

The clarificati...