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Supreme Court seeks ECI records over Form 6 modification controversy
The Supreme Court of India has issued notices to the Central Government, the Election Commission of India (ECI), and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar following petitions alleging unilateral and illegal decisions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
A central point of contention is the modification of Form 6, the statutory voter registration form. The court clarified that it has not approved any modified version of the form, contradicting previous claims made by the ECI. The court has summoned official records to determine who authorized these changes and whether they were made by the CEC alone or with the concurrence of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
The bench, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, declined to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar but emphasized that if decisions were found to have been taken without the required unanimity or majority as mandated by law, the court would annul them.
Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have accused the CEC of abusing his position to benefit the BJP by improperly altering voter registration processes. The ECI maintains that the revision process is intended to identify fraudulent registrations and prevent illegal immigrants from voting.
Entities
Election Commission of India · Gyanesh Kumar · Rahul Gandhi · Sukhbir Singh Sandhu · Supreme Court of India · Surya Kant
Claims
What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] New requirements in Form 6, including complex ancestral data, have created registration barriers for first-time and young voters. thecsrjournal.in
- [● 6 SOURCES] The Supreme Court has summoned official records from the Election Commission to determine who authorized the changes to Form 6. thecsrjournal.in · theobserverpost.com · english.mathrubhumi.com · www.millenniumpost.in · www.news9live.com · +1 more
- [● 2 SOURCES] Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar illegally and unilaterally modified Form 6 to benefit the BJP. www.aajtak.in · www.prabhatkhabar.com
- [DISPUTED] The Supreme Court has not approved any modified or revised version of Form 6. www.prabhatkhabar.com · thecsrjournal.in
- [DISPUTED] The Election Commission issued a press note on September 26 claiming the Supreme Court upheld the declaration form used during Special Intensive Revision (SIR). www.prabhatkhabar.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] The Election Commission previously claimed that the Supreme Court had upheld the additional declaration attached to Form 6 during the SIR process. newsable.asianetnews.com · www.newsbytesapp.com
- [DISPUTED] The Supreme Court clarified it did not approve the modified version of Form 6 used during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. theobserverpost.com · navbharatlive.com · www.dtnext.in · english.mathrubhumi.com · www.millenniumpost.in · +6 more
- [● 3 SOURCES] The Supreme Court stated it would annul any decisions found to be in violation of the law or not taken by majority/unanimity. theobserverpost.com · www.dtnext.in · english.mathrubhumi.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accused CEC Gyanesh Kumar of illegally and unilaterally modifying Form 6 to benefit the BJP. www.news18.com · www.aajtak.in · www.prabhatkhabar.com
- [● 4 SOURCES] Petitioners allege that CEC Gyanesh Kumar took unilateral decisions during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls without the concurrence of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and/ theobserverpost.com · www.dtnext.in · english.mathrubhumi.com · www.millenniumpost.in
- [● 9 SOURCES] The Supreme Court refused to grant an interim order to suspend Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. theobserverpost.com · navbharatlive.com · www.dtnext.in · english.mathrubhumi.com · www.millenniumpost.in · +4 more
- [● 9 SOURCES] The Supreme Court issued notices to the Central Government, the Election Commission of India, and CEC Gyanesh Kumar seeking responses to allegations. theobserverpost.com · navbharatlive.com · www.dtnext.in · english.mathrubhumi.com · www.millenniumpost.in · +4 more