Guwahati, Oct. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not taken a position on whether the Election Commission of India's (ECI) revised Form 6 for voter registration should be approved or rejected.

First-time voter registration applicants are required to fill out Form 6, which the ECI is using in its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across several states.

The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said the revised form was not available when the court heard the Bihar SIR case. It clarified that its October 5 observations did not amount to approval or rejection of the changes.

The court had stated on October 5 that it had not approved any changes to Form 6....