The Election Commission lodged a 12‑page affidavit in the Supreme Court on May 31, 2026, asserting that all decisions in its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process were unanimous and based on a collective review of voter lists.
Three SIR orders—dated June 2025, October 2025 and May 2026—were all adopted by the Commission’s trio of officials, the affidavit says, and each order bears the signatures of the Chief Election Commissioner and the two deputy commissioners.
The affidavit rebuts claims that Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were kept in the dark. It explains that any suggestion or query from the Chief Election Commissioner or a deputy is recorded but not considered a final decision under Section 18 of the 2023 Act.
It also denies that the SIR orders altered the statutory Form 6 used for voter registration, stating that only the accompanying Declaration Form was introduced as a separate document.
The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow on a slate of seven petitions, including those filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Digvijay Singh and Asaduddin Owaisi, all demanding the suspension of Commissioner Kumar and questioning the legality of the Commission’s decision‑making.
Earlier this year, the Court issued a notice on October 5, warning that it would not issue an order on the basis of a newspaper report alone and would seek responses from the respondents first.
With the hearing set, the Court will determine whether the Commission’s SIR process complies with the law, a ruling that could reshape voter rolls just weeks before the next general election.