The Supreme Court of India, on Tuesday, heard petitions from the INDIA coalition and 11 other opposition parties that challenge the legitimacy of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
In a separate filing, Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen accused the Commission of altering Form 6 during the Bihar SIR without Supreme Court approval. The bench issued notices to the poll panel and other officials in response to her allegation.
The Commission’s joint affidavit, presented by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar alongside commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, affirmed that all three SIR orders—issued in June 2025, October 2025, and May 2026—were unanimous decisions. It also clarified that modifications to Form 6 were not made and that only the Centre holds authority to amend the form.
Senior advocate and MP Maneka Guruswamy, representing Sen, argued that the Commission’s claim of Supreme Court approval for the Form 6 changes was erroneous, and the bench invited the poll panel to file a supplementary affidavit within two weeks.
The court has scheduled a detailed hearing for all parties on November 17, 2026, a decision that will determine whether the SIR exercise can proceed unchallenged ahead of the national elections.