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Supreme Court Sets Oct 28 Hearing on Delhi SIR Form 6

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC · How we work

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Mass Voter Exclusion

India’s Supreme Court scheduled an Oct 28 2026 hearing on petition challenging Election Commission rule that Delhi voters deleted by SIR must file Form 6.
Petitioners, led by Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc, say Form 6 forces claims, risking imprisonment and disproportionately affecting Muslims (20.3% of flagged voters).
The SIR roll excluded 47,56,722 electors, about 32.78% of Delhi’s electorate.
A petition seeks interim suspension of the SIR process pending the Court’s ruling.

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Supreme Court Audit

The Supreme Court of India set an October 28, 2026 hearing to review a petition challenging Election Commission rule that deleted Delhi voters must use Form 6.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and party leaders filed the petition, seeking a Supreme Court-led audit and a judge-headed committee to examine the SIR process.
Officials cleared 20 lakh of 33 lakh cases, announced October 18 and 25 camps, and permitted booth officers to visit homes to fix errors.

History

Historical Context

In 2002 India conducted elections, including the 15 July presidential vote that elected A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the first use of electronic voting machines in Jammu & Kashmir’s assembly polls with about 1.7 million voters. Those elections spurred legal and administrative focus on voter-list accuracy, a trajectory that now brings the Supreme Court and the Election Commission before it in a 2026 hearing over Delhi’s SIR deletions.

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Mass Voter Exclusion

India’s Supreme Court scheduled an Oct 28 2026 hearing on petition challenging Election Commission rule that Delhi voters deleted by SIR must file Form 6.
Petitioners, led by Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc, say Form 6 forces claims, risking imprisonment and disproportionately affecting Muslims (20.3% of flagged voters).
The SIR roll excluded 47,56,722 electors, about 32.78% of Delhi’s electorate.
A petition seeks interim suspension of the SIR process pending the Court’s ruling.

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