No action on deleted voters using Form 6: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has assured voters that using Form 6 to re-enter names into electoral rolls will not lead to prosecution for false declaration. The court is currently reviewing a PIL regarding the mass exclusion of voters from Maharashtra's draft electoral rolls.
Why it matters
This addresses concerns regarding democratic participation and the integrity of the electoral process in India's most populous states.
New Delhi: No one will be prosecuted for using Form 6 to re-enter their name in electoral rolls, the Supreme Court verbally assured electors on Monday. It allayed fears that use of Form 6, which asks applicants to declare they are fresh voters, for re-inclusion in draft electoral rolls could invite prosecution for false declaration.The statement came from a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohan while hearing a PIL against large-scale exclusion of names from Maharashtra’s draft electoral roll and as a response to senior advocate Aravind Datar’s plea that using Form 6 for re-inclusion would amount to lying under oath.Will grant time to genuine voters to submit papers if out from final list: SCThe bench also said that if it found there were genuine voters whose names could not be included in the final electoral list, to be published on Nov 6, it…
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