The Wire Disputes ECI's Fact-Check on Form 6 Supreme Court Claim
The Election Commission said the Supreme Court upheld the Form 6 declaration used in the Bihar SIR, in response to Rahul Gandhi. However, The Wire's timeline shows Form 6 was further modified in October 2025 and July 2026 after the Supreme Court's May judgement, including an online form change requiring parents' SIR details. Two Election Commissioners reportedly objected to this change, calling it unauthorised. The Supreme Court itself said on October 5 it had not approved any modified Form 6.
Source
Parliament — press notes · read the original report ↗
Desk check · some claims need care
What the desk checked (4)
- The Supreme Court upheld the Form 6 declaration for Bihar SIR in its May judgement. — Attributed to the Supreme Court judgement text quoted in the source; appears consistent.
- The Election Commission said the Form 6 declaration was upheld by the Supreme Court in a fact-check post responding to Rahul Gandhi. — Attributed to ECI's X post and September 26 press note; sourced but the characterisation as 'misleading' is the publication's own analysis.
- The online Form 6 was changed in July 2026, requiring parents' SIR details to proceed, without parliamentary approval. — Based on The Wire's own prior reporting; not independently verified in this text, presented as fact by the publication.
- Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record to the Form 6 change in May. — Attributed to an Indian Express report cited in the source; secondary sourcing.