The Supreme Court Today (April 26th) dismissed all petitions seeking the complete cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails, or VVPATs and also rejected a return to the ballot paper system for elections.
Hours after the Supreme Court Today (April 24th) posed several questions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding the operation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), Deputy Election Commissioner Nilesh Kumar Vyas presented clarifications before the apex court on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court Today (April 24th) directed an Election Commission official to appear before it to address concerns about electronic voting machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). The opposition has raised questions about EVM manipulation, but the Court rejected the idea of returning to paper ballots, emphasizing the importance of the electoral process in India.