Voter Registration Form-6 & Electoral Roll Revision: Supreme Court Clarification

The Supreme Court has unequivocally stated that it has not given any approval for the changes made by the Election Commission of India in 'Form-6' for new voter enrollment under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) procedure.

Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu had opposed the modification of Form-6 through mere administrative instructions without a legal amendment to the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.

📚 School Textbook Link: 10th Standard / 11th Standard · Civics / Political Science · 11th Pol Sci: Unit 10 (Elections and Representation) / 10th Civics: Central Government · Election Commission of India and Voter Registration Rules

🎯 TNPSC Exam Important Notes:

• Form-6: Application form for adding names of new voters aged 18 and above to the electoral roll.
• Registration of Electors Rules, 1960: Rules governing electoral roll revisions under the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
• Election Commission of India (ECI): Current Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar; Election Commissioners: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
• Constitutional Part XV (Articles 324 to 329): Explains India's electoral system and the powers of the Election Commission.
• 61st Constitutional Amendment Act (1988): Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 (implemented: 1989).
• Form Notes: Form-6 (New Voter Enrollment), Form-7 (Deletion/Objection of Name), Form-8 (Change of Address/Correction).

📌 KEY FOR TNPSC:

• Election Commissioners are appointed under the Anoop Baranwal case (2023) and the Chief Election Commissioner Appointment Act, 2023.
• As per Article 325, no person can be excluded from the electoral roll on the grounds of religion, race, caste, or sex.