ECI still insisting on Form 6 for excluded voters in Delhi SIR, petitioners make urgent mentioning in Supreme Court
On October 28, the Supreme Court made it clear that the ECI was in “error” to force pre-existing voters, deleted from the electoral rolls, to apply as new voters under Form 6 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
The house-to-door distribution of enumeration forms in Delhi follows the recent Census of India exercises and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, on Wednesday (November 4, 2026), said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was still insisting that voters excluded after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, under the Absent, Shifted, Dead or Duplicate (ASDD) categories, must fill up Form 6, meant exclusively for new voters. fill up Form 6, which is meant exclusively for new voters.
On October 28, the Supreme Court made it clear that the ECI was in “error” to force pre-existing voters, deleted from the electoral rolls, to apply as new voters under Form 6 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.
Petitioners, activists Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri, represented by advocates Mr. Bhushan, Cheryl D’souza and Neha Rathi, had submitted on October 28 that the ECI was compelling voters to misrepresent themselves as new applicants, an offence which attracts imprisonment.
On October 28, the apex court had orally nudged the ECI that such purged voters should be allowed to use Form 8/enumeration form.
On Wednesday (November 4, 2026), the CJI said the case would be heard after Deepavali holidays, the voters need not fear when the Supreme Court was already dealing with the case.
The CJI noted that the ECI has extended the deadline for filing claims and objections to November 25 from the earlier deadline of October 30.
Mr. Bhushan said the voters feared that making a declaration in Form 6 that they were fresh voters would invite prosecution.
“They are in the horns of a dilemma,” Mr. Bhushan submitted.
“We are dealing with the matter, how can they feel like that,” the CJI assured.
The Bench asked the petitioners to file an application on this aspect, and said the matter would be heard on November 19.
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If required, the Bench further stated that the ECI could be asked to extend the date further.
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