Supreme Court tells poll panel to contact 47 lakh deleted Delhi voters and publish list of those it could not reach

The Supreme Court on 28 October 2026 asked the Election Commission to devise a mechanism to reach out to nearly 47 lakh Delhi voters omitted from the draft rolls during the Special Intensive Revision, observing that the right to vote cannot be forfeited merely because a voter was absent during enumeration. Chief Justice Surya Kant suggested publishing a list of voters the poll panel could not contact, with their previous polling locations, and asking them to approach their nearest booth-level officer. The court also urged the Commission to keep accepting Forms 6 and 8 with no cut-off for now, and listed the matter again in two weeks. Sources: New Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle, National Herald (New Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle, Nationalheraldindia)

• The Supreme Court on 28 October 2026 asked the Election Commission to devise a mechanism to reach out to nearly 47 lakh Delhi voters omitted from the draft rolls during the Special Intensive Revision, observing that the
• Chief Justice Surya Kant suggested publishing a list of voters the poll panel could not contact, with their previous polling locations, and asking them to approach their nearest booth-level officer.
• The court also urged the Commission to keep accepting Forms 6 and 8 with no cut-off for now, and listed the matter again in two weeks.