The Election Commission of India (EC) told the Supreme Court on Friday (October 30, 2026) that though it found “false” Form 7s for deletion of voters during the Uttar Pradesh Special Intensive Revision (SIR), none of them were accepted.
Mr. Ahmed questioned the ECI’s claim that false Form 7s were stopped at the gates.
He said the court must subject this claim to judicial scrutiny. The counsel argued that it was exactly the lack of any corrective measures in the Uttar Pradesh SIR that “emboldened” the filing of bulk Form 7s in Karnataka and Telangana.
All these forms pertained to deletion of voters belonging to one community,” the counsel submitted. The court asked Mr. Ahmed to submit a note with details and additional information, if any, on the issue. Mr. The submissions by Mr. Form 7s for deletion of voter names are obtained from the District Election Officers, Voter Registration Centres, BLOs or the voter service portal.
“Of the 32 Form 7s in the Hata Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh, two were signed by the booth-level officer. It also alleged that booth-level officers (BLOs) received pre-filled Form 7 applications seeking deletion of multiple electors, including electors who had already been verified during the SIR process. Naidu in the Supreme Court echo an affidavit filed by the Election Commission in September, in which it referred to multiple reports received from electoral officials on the ground about attempts to submit Form 7 in bulk to BLOs. An applicant has to submit Form 7, duly filled and signed, with EPIC and phone number, either personally to the BLO or online.
“Let the ECI look into these issues, take necessary action and file a compliance report,” the court observed. Punia’s plea detailed that “numerous” Form 7 applications were generated and submitted with incomplete or false particulars of the objector, invalid identifying details, forged signatures, and, in several instances, in the names of persons who had subsequently denied filing any such objections.
