The Supreme Court issued a clarification during a hearing regarding the 'Bihar SIR case', stating it had neither approved nor rejected the Election Commission's revised Form-6 for voter registration. The court emphasized that reports suggesting judicial approval of the changes were incorrect and warned against distorting its observations.
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The Supreme Court said that it had not approved the changed Form-6.
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