The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had neither approved nor rejected the Election Commission of India's (ECI) modified Form 6 declaration for new voter registration, stating that the revised form was not before it when it decided the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls case, news agency IANS reported.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana made the clarification while hearing a fresh petition raising concerns over the functioning of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the changes to Form 6. The modified form requires applicants seeking registration as new voters to disclose whether they or their parents were mapped in the previous SIR.