Form 6 dispute: Key dates

May 2026: the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar.

September 26: the Election Commission’s statement that the declaration was approved, according to Daily Pioneer.

October 5: the Supreme Court says it did not approve any modified Form 6.

October 5: notice issued, and the Election Commission is to produce records.

Next: the court will examine who modified the form.

Form 6 is the form that eligible citizens use to apply for inclusion in the electoral roll.

The disputed change is a new declaration attached to the online Form 6.

It asks applicants to state whether they or their parents were mapped in the previous SIR.

Open magazine reported that the declaration is absent from the forms used in other states.

The Election Commission had said that the Supreme Court approved the new declaration, and Daily Pioneer reported that the commission’s statement came on September 26.

According to Daily Pioneer, the Commission linked the approval to the court’s May 2026 judgment on the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar.

The plea was filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi and argued by senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, according to Open magazine.

The plea seeks action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and other officials over the changes, according to the same report.

The reports available on October 5 and 6 did not include a response from the Election Commission to the Chief Justice’s remarks.

The Special Intensive Revision is the process by which the Election Commission re-verifies electoral rolls state by state.

The revision has been the subject of petitions in the Supreme Court and of street protests, including a demonstration in Delhi on October 2.

A bench issues notice when it asks the other side to respond to a petition, and it is the first formal step before a hearing on the merits.

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