Supreme Court Clarifies It Never Approved Modified Form 6 for SIR

The Supreme Court clarified that it had not approved any modified Form 6 used for voter registration during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

Background and legal issue

The clarification came while the Court was hearing challenges concerning Election Commission decision-making and followed public claims that an additional declaration attached to Form 6 had received judicial approval The Court's statement is significant because administrative communications cannot attribute approval to a judicial order beyond what the order actually records The clarification does not itself decide the validity of the revised form or the wider SIR process

Reasoning and significance

Those questions remain subject to the pending proceedings and responses from the Election Commission.

The legal effect is confined to the operative ruling or procedural development. Allegations and party submissions are not treated as established facts unless the court expressly decided them.