Overview
- The Election Commission submitted a reply in the Supreme Court to Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay’s application seeking to bar Aadhaar as proof of date of birth in Form 6.
- In an affidavit sworn by Secretary Santosh Kumar Dubey, the Commission cited the 2021 amendment to Section 23 of the RP Act enabling Aadhaar linkage to curb duplicate entries and noted Form 6 was updated on June 17, 2022.
- The EC referenced UIDAI’s August 22, 2023 memorandum and Section 9 of the Aadhaar Act clarifying Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship, residence, or date of birth, pointing to supportive Bombay High Court and Supreme Court observations on age proof.
- The filing recalled the Supreme Court’s September 8, 2025 order in the Bihar SIR proceedings allowing Aadhaar only for identity checks, after which the EC issued September 9 instructions to the Bihar CEO to apply that limit during roll revision.
- Phase-II of the Special Intensive Revision is underway across multiple states and Union Territories, covering roughly 51 crore electors with house-to-house verification and voter assistance via the ECINet app and the 1950 helpline.