Vakil Help Desk News: the Bombay High Court has held that the Election Commission must accept Form 8 for a change of address even during a Special Intensive Revision, and cannot require a voter to file Form 6 afresh.
Vakil Help Desk News, Litigation & Courts. The Bombay High Court has held that the Election Commission must accept Form 8 — the form for correcting or changing details such as address on the electoral roll — even during a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and cannot insist that the voter instead file Form 6, the form for fresh enrolment.
The principle, in plain words
The two forms do different jobs: Form 6 is for a new voter seeking enrolment, while Form 8 is for an existing voter changing or correcting entries, including a change of address. Forcing an existing voter who has merely shifted address to re-enrol through Form 6 would wrongly treat them as a new applicant. The Court held Form 8 is the correct route and must be accepted.
What this means for you
If you are already on the roll and have changed address, Form 8 is the correct route to update it — even during a roll revision — and it must be accepted. We advise on electoral-roll corrections and election-law matters.