Examine how electoral-roll revision can protect electoral integrity while preventing wrongful exclusion, with reference to the Delhi SIR dispute.

Electoral rolls must be accurate, inclusive and legally verifiable. The Delhi SIR dispute highlights the tension between cleansing rolls and protecting previously enrolled voters.

• ECI: supervises electoral-roll preparation and revision.
• Form 6: is designed for inclusion, but a first-time declaration may be unsuitable for deleted existing electors.
• Judicial oversight: the Supreme Court can require a lawful remedy without replacing the Commission.

• ASDD classification removed 47,56,722 names from the draft roll.
• Forcing an inaccurate declaration may expose citizens to Section 31 consequences.
• Deadlines, documentation burdens and migration can disproportionately affect vulnerable voters.

1. Create a restoration form distinct from first-time inclusion.
2. Publish reasons, permit notice and hearing, and provide time-bound appeals.
3. Audit software flags and preserve prior-roll evidence.
4. Ensure accessible assistance and judicially reviewable orders.

electoral integrity; SIR; Form 6; ASDD; ECI; Article 326; due process; wrongful exclusion