New Delhi: Hours after the Supreme Court said it did not approve any modification to Form 6, Election Commission officials on Monday asserted that the document was not changed but a declaration was attached to it through its Bihar SIR order which was upheld by the top court.
EC functionaries underlined that there is no change in Form 6, an application through which an eligible person seeks inclusion in the electoral roll.
A declaration was attached to Form 6 during the Bihar SIR order of June 24, 2025 which was upheld by the apex court in its May 27 order as mentioned in the poll authority's press note of September 26.
In the press note, the EC had said that "the declaration attached to Form 6 for SIR has been upheld by the Hon'ble Supreme Court". It had also said that for non-SIR period, the forms applicable as per rules (Registration of Electors Rules 1960) will be used.
Subsequently, it had withdrawn the declaration, seeking details of parents of those applying for enrolment in SIR, from its online portals.
The online version of Form 6 and the declaration used to ask for a one-time password only once for both the documents and not twice. This gave rise to suggestions that the declaration was an integral part of Form 6.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by the EC during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in various states.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said, "Any modification to Form 6 has not been approved by us. Let's be clear. When records are produced, we would like to see who has modified it."
Separately, the EC rejected claims that it has withdrawn the September 26 press note from its website.
It shared link of the press note to assert that the statement was still available.