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The Court noted that the Draft Electoral Roll itself demonstrated inclusion of homeless persons and that persons affected by demolition could seek enrolment through Form 6.
INC candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh was rejected for non-disclosure of a pending criminal case in her Form 26 affidavit. The Supreme Court declined to examine the merits, holding that the constitutional bar under Article 329(b) admits no exception for cases involving manifest illegality.
The Court examined the scope of Section 29-A, Representation of the People Act, 1951 and reaffirmed the limited circumstances in which deregistration is legally permissible.
The Court held that ECI is empowered, in the exercise of its constitutional mandate, to undertake a limited enquiry into citizenship for the purpose of satisfying itself as to eligibility for inclusion in the electoral roll.
The Court on 20 February 2026, had requested the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to spare some serving judicial officers, along with some former judicial officers in the rank of District Judges/Additional District Judges, to revisit and dispose of the pending claims under the category of “logical discrepancy/unmapped category”.
“It appears that approximately 1.40 crore individuals have been issued notices for the purpose of document verification.”
The petitioners contended that its members had contested in the last election to the local bodies, indicating that the petitioners are active within the State.
“The Supreme Court had, by an interim order dated 11-11-2025, requested the jurisdictional High Courts to keep in abeyance the writ proceedings filed with them touching the validity of the SIR of electoral rolls in their respective States.”
The petition sought further direction for the Centre to take steps to reduce the menace of Corruption, Casteism, Linguism, Regionalism, Communalism & Criminalization in politics.
Supreme Court allowed Aadhaar as the 12th identity document for SIR Bihar, clarifying it can prove identity but not citizenship.
“Prima facie, the ECI appears to be the statutory body which should put the verification report as received from the CBDT in the public domain, especially as the correspondence has taken place between the two authorities in this regard.”
In continuation of the various measures undertaken by the ECI for the convenience of voters, new Standard Operating Procedures have been introduced to ensure real-time tracking and faster delivery of Electoral Cards to voters.
ECI introduced the Index Card to promote accessibility of data at the constituency level for all stakeholders and disseminate across multiple dimensions to avoid delays in data availability and dissemination.
The new system aims to link ECINET and VTR apps to ensure faster updation of voter turnout percentage trends
by Spenta Havewala Kapadia*
As the poor person has been unnecessarily forced to approach this Court for seeking parole, the Court was inclined to impose exemplary costs on respondent 4 and 5, but the assurance is given that in future, parole matters shall be decided based on material available on record.
It is not for the Election Commission of India (‘ECI’) to resolve internal management disputes of political parties and in case of any grievance, the remedy may lie in taking recourse to filing a declaratory suit or any other appropriate civil remedy.
The mandatory requirement of mentioning the name and designation of the authorised officer in Form 13A was dispensed with, and after the relaxation of norms, only the specimen signatures of all such officers are required.
The petition sought the extension of an earlier order passed by another Division Bench in Navi Mumbai Hotel Owners Association v. Collector, regarding the cessation of restrictions on the sale, distribution and consumption of liquor in respect of Raigad District.
The plea was filed for repolling in several booths of the Munger Parliamentary constituency in Bihar.