Form 6

Timeline

1. 5 Oct2026
   Supreme Court

   CJI says Supreme Court never approved altered Form 6¹²

   CJI Surya Kant said the Court had not cleared any modified Form 6 and would check Election Commission records on who changed it, during SIR litigation.

   • On 5 October 2026 CJI Surya Kant said the Supreme Court had not approved any modified Form 6 and wanted to see who modified it
   • Remark came in a plea challenging alleged unilateral decisions of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
   • ECI had said in a 26 September note that the Form 6 declaration for SIR was upheld by the Supreme Court
   • The online Form 6 was altered in July to require applicants' parents' details from the previous SIR
2. 12 Jul2026
   Polity

   ECI requires parents' SIR details in Form 6 applications³⁴⁵

   The Election Commission added a requirement, through instructions rather than an amendment to the form, that new Form 6 applicants provide their parents' (or grandparents') details from the previous SIR electoral roll. Reports in late September 2026 say the EC withdrew the additional declaration from online enrolment in states where SIR was complete; the Supreme Court said it had not approved any modified Form 6.

   • The Election Commission added a requirement, through instructions rather than an amendment to the form, that new Form 6 applicants provide their parents' (or grandparents') details from the previous SIR electoral roll
   • Reports in late September 2026 say the EC withdrew the additional declaration from online enrolment in states where SIR was complete; the Supreme Court said it had not approved any modified Form 6

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