Guwahati, Oct. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not approved any modification to Form 6, the statutory application used by people seeking to register as voters for the first time, during the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, made the observation while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking action against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

The petition was filed in the wake of a The Indian Express investigation which reported that Kumar had taken several decisions relating to the SIR without the concurrence of th...