Modified Form 6 not approved by us: Supreme Court's big remark amid SIR row

The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not approved any changes to Form 6, the application used for registering new voters, as it heard petitions challenging the powers exercised by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The clarification came after the court was told about changes made to Form 6 in connection with the SIR exercise. The bench made it clear that it had not approved any such modification. “We have not approved changes to Form 6,” the court said.Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said the court wanted to examine the record to determine who had made the changes. “When the record is produced, we want to see who has modified the Form 6,” he observed.This is a developing story. It will be updated. - Ends