Delhi SIR: Why tell deleted voters to fill Form 6 when they were on 2026 rolls, SC asks EC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday verbally asked the Election Commission why it was telling those enrolled in voter lists before the special intensive revision to use Form 6 after they were deleted from the draft rolls for not filling the enumeration forms during the exercise, Live Law reported.

Form 6, which is used to register first-time voters, requires applicants to declare that they have not been electors before, the court observed.

The bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant said that there would be several voters in Delhi who could not have been served enumeration forms as they may have changed their residential addresses or been travelling at the time, Live Law reported.

The enumeration phase of the exercise in Delhi was held in July.

The court asked why voters cannot now be allowed to fill the enumeration form or Form 8, which is for changing addresses, instead of Form 6.

The counsel representing the Election Commission said that the authorities will examine the suggestions made by the court.

The bench was hearing a petition filed by activists Anjali Bharadwaj and Amrita Johri, who have raised concerns about the voter roll revision.

Prashant Bhushan, the counsel for the petitioners, said that 43 lakh voters in Delhi had been deleted from the draft list for having shifted.

They were among the 47.7 lakh names deleted...

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