Supreme Court dismisses petitions demanding cross-verification of EVM and VVPAT votes
Supreme Court rejected pleas for cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT. Justices Khanna and Datta ruled against reverting to ballot papers. All petitions seeking EVM-VVPAT verification and the use of ballot papers were dismissed.
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta delivered two concurring verdicts in the matter. Pronouncing the judgement, Justice Khanna said the court has rejected all the petitions, including those seeking resorting back to ballot papers in elections.
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