New Delhi: The Supreme Court will, on Friday, pronounce its judgment on a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench, headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, will … Read more
The Election Commission of India has declared void polling at 11 stations in Manipur and appointed April 22 as the date of repolling.The chief Electoral officer in Manipur P K Jha stated that the Election Commission of India has, under Sections 58(2) and 58A(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, directed that the … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court was instrumental in reversing Election Commission’s 2012 reluctance into acceptance of the importance of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail in electronic voting machines (EVMs), first deployed in Nagaland’s Noksen Assembly bye-elections on Sep 4, 2013 without detecting any discrepancy between votes cast and VVPAT slips.In its October 2013 judgment, a … Read more
Supreme Court New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear next week a plea by an NGO seeking cross-verification of the votes cast in EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). A bench headed by Justices Sanjiv Khanna said the plea will be listed next Tuesday or Wednesday after advocate Prashant … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress sent yet another letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, requesting for a meeting of the INDIA bloc leaders with him to discuss their demands such as the voters’ self-checking voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips and their larger use in the Lok Sabha election. The party also reminded the … Read more
With the INDIA bloc casting doubts on “the integrity of EVM functioning” and seeking 100% count of VVPAT slips through a full-fledged resolution, the issue is back as a key political agenda ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, just like in 2019. Nearly 23 political parties from the opposition bloc had moved the Supreme Court … Read more
