Rush Hour: SC questions use of Form 6 by deleted voters, 3 killed in Cyclone Arnab and more

The Supreme Court 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. 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. 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. Read on.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the Union government of “criminally destroying” the Tata Group, the largest Indian conglomerate. While Gandhi did not specify what prompted his remarks, they came amid a dispute within the leadership of Tata Sons, the holding company of the conglomerate’s businesses.

The dispute revolves around the reappointment of N Chandrasekaran as the executive chairman of Tata...

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