The Supreme Court on Wednesday posed tough questions to the Election Commission of India, asking why the poll body issued directions to those individuals who were deleted from draft rolls for failing to fill the enumeration forms to register as new voters and fill Form 6, when they were already on the 2026 electoral list.
The top court's question stems from the fact that Form 6 is submitted by first-time voters to get their names registered in the electoral roll. The top court observed that address changes and unavailability during the Delhi Special Intensive Revision (SIR) may be the reason for many voters who failed to fill out the enumeration forms, and they should be asked to submit Form 8 instead of Form 6.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymala Bagchi and V Mohanna further noted that Form 6 was to be filed by first-time voters, in which they have to declare that they have not voted before and are registering as new voters.
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"Why cannot they be given an opportunity to fill enumeration forms or file Form 8 (to show change in address), instead of filing Form 6," the Court asked, as reported by Live Law.
The court was hearing a writ petition raising issues in the Delhi SIR process. Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, said, "All that they can do is fill Form 8. It's for shifted voters. But EC is saying in this SIR, you can't fill Form 8, you have to fill Form 6. To be included in the draft roll. They are making people fill up a false declaration that they have not voted before."