The Supreme Court on Monday (October 12, 2026) clarified that it had neither approved nor disapproved the controversial alterations made to Form 6 in its May 27 judgment, which was entirely about the legality of the pilot Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar.
The Court said the May 27 ruling pre-dated the changes made to Form 6. The counsel for the petitioner recounted the Chief Justice of India’s oral remark on October 5. He said that despite the CJI’s remarks, the Election Commission has continued to justify the changes to Form 6, claiming the court has approved them. The May 27 judgment on the Bihar SIR had observed that Form 6 was a guide to the SIR verification process. On October 5, during the hearing of petitions challenging the SIR process, the CJI had sharply reacted to submissions about the July alterations in the Form 6.
The lawyer said that the CJI had commented that alterations in Form 6 were “not approved by us”. The apex court said that the Form 6 used in Bihar SIR “set out a framework of documentation”. “We are making it clear, any modifications to Form 6 have not been made by us,” the Chief Justice had said.
