A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana heard the matter on October 5, 2026.
The Chief Justice said any modified Form 6 had not been approved by the court.
The court issued notice and ordered the Election Commission to produce records.
The plea was tagged with related cases, including a PIL by a Patna resident.
The reports did not include a response from the Election Commission.
The Election Commission had said that the Supreme Court approved the new declaration, and Daily Pioneer reported that the commission’s statement came on September 26.
According to Daily Pioneer, the Commission linked the approval to the court’s May 2026 judgment on the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar.
The plea was filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi and argued by senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, according to Open magazine.
The plea seeks action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and other officials over the changes, according to the same report.
The reports available on October 5 and 6 did not include a response from the Election Commission to the Chief Justice’s remarks.
The Special Intensive Revision is the process by which the Election Commission re-verifies electoral rolls state by state.
The revision has been the subject of petitions in the Supreme Court and of street protests, including a demonstration in Delhi on October 2.
A bench issues notice when it asks the other side to respond to a petition, and it is the first formal step before a hearing on the merits.
The court’s remark means the question of who changed the form will be examined on the basis of the record, not the commission’s statement.
The Supreme Court said on Monday, October 5, 2026, that it had not approved any modified version of Form 6 used to enrol voters during the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls.
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