SC rejects plea seeking review of VVPAT-EVM verification verdict: Here's what top court said
4 months, 3 weeks ago

SC rejects plea seeking review of VVPAT-EVM verification verdict: Here's what top court said

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a review petition seeking a reconsideration of its earlier judgement that rejected the demand for 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machine votes with their corresponding Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. The bench, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, ruled that there was no substantial ground to review the court's April 26 judgement, which had already dismissed the plea for full verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips. Original judgement on VVPAT-EVM verification The petitioner had sought a review of the April 26 judgement by which it declined the petitions which sought cross-verification by the voters of votes cast by them as "counted as recorded" in the EVMs with VVPAT. ALSO READ: Supreme Court rejects all petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips

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No EVM-VVPAT mismatch found, says Maharashtra’s Chief Election Officer amid Opposition’s allegations
Top News
1 week, 6 days ago

No EVM-VVPAT mismatch found, says Maharashtra’s Chief Election Officer amid Opposition’s allegations

Live Mint  

Amid opposition battling for 100 per cent counting of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips and allegations about a vote mismatch in the recently held Maharashtra Assembly election, state Chief Election Officer on Tuesday said that there was no mis-match found in any of the VVPAT slips matching with their concerned EVM numbers. “In all 288 assembly constituencies, a total …

'No Mismatch Between VVPAT Slips And EVM': Poll Body Clarifies Amid Oppn's Claim During Maharashtra Poll
1 week, 6 days ago

'No Mismatch Between VVPAT Slips And EVM': Poll Body Clarifies Amid Oppn's Claim During Maharashtra Poll

ABP News  

"During the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 as per Supreme Court of India and Election Commission of India guidelines, 5 VVPAT slips at each assembly segment were to be counted, to match it with the numbers in EVM. In all 288 assembly segments, a total number of 1445 VVPAT slips were counted on the same day of counting, which was 23rd …

Voter Turnout: SC Seeks EC Reply in a Week
7 months ago

Voter Turnout: SC Seeks EC Reply in a Week

Deccan Chronicle  

The top court, urged earlier in the day by lawyer Prashant Bhushan to hear the plea urgently, assembled in the evening after an Supreme Court Bar Association function to bid farewell to Justice A.S. Bopanna. The Justice Khanna-led bench had on April 26 rejected pleas for reviving paper ballots and 100 per cent cross-verification of votes cast on electronic voting …

Plea Filed In Supreme Court For Review Of Judgment Refusing 100% Cross-Verification Of EVM-VVPAT Data
7 months, 1 week ago

Plea Filed In Supreme Court For Review Of Judgment Refusing 100% Cross-Verification Of EVM-VVPAT Data

Live Law  

In the latest development, a plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking review of the judgment in the EVM-VVPAT case, vide which prayer for 100% cross-verification of EVM data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail records was denied.It may be recalled that a Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had delivered two separate, concurring judgements in …

EVM-VVPAT case: What are the key takeaways from the Supreme Court’s verdict?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM-VVPAT case: What are the key takeaways from the Supreme Court’s verdict?

The Hindu  

While refusing a revival of paper ballots, the Supreme Court on April 26 upheld the electronic voting machine polling system and underscored the need to “exercise care and caution” when raising questions about the integrity of the electoral process. In its 2013 ruling in the case of Subramanian Swamy v. Election Commission of India, the Court held that “a paper …

Watch | Decoding the EVM debate
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch | Decoding the EVM debate

The Hindu  

In this video, The Hindu’s Krishnadas Rajagopal, Sreeparna Chakrabarty, and Aroon Deep discuss the Supreme Court’s recent judgement and the technical nuances surrounding the VVPAT system. The Supreme Court, on April 26, upheld the electronic voting machine system of polling and dismissed a plea to revive paper ballots, stating that “blind distrust” of an institution or system fosters unwarranted skepticism …

Supreme Court affirms sanctity of EVMs, paper trail system
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court affirms sanctity of EVMs, paper trail system

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bundle of petitions that demanded 100% cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines with the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails or a return to the ballot paper system, underlining that “EVMs are simple, secure and user-friendly” and that the “integrity of the electoral process earned over years cannot be chaffed and overridden …

INDI Alliance leaders committed sin of creating doubt on EVMs: PM Modi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

INDI Alliance leaders committed sin of creating doubt on EVMs: PM Modi

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the INDIA bloc over the Supreme Court decision rejecting the plea for 100 per cent VVPAT verification of EVM votes and said every leader of the opposition grouping has “committed the sin” of creating doubts in minds of people about Electronic Voting Machine and “their dreams have been shattered”. Booth capturing was very …

BJP welcomes SC verdict on pleas seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT cross-verification
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP welcomes SC verdict on pleas seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT cross-verification

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party welcomed Friday’s Supreme Court judgment where the apex court affirmed the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines and their integration with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails while rejecting petitions that demanded 100% cross-verification of votes cast on EVMs with the VVPATs or going back to the ballot paper system. Union minister of state for law & justice …

EVM VVPAT case: What are Supreme Court's two directives? | Verdict highlights
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM VVPAT case: What are Supreme Court's two directives? | Verdict highlights

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday, April 26, rejected pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail and said “blindly distrusting” any aspect of the system can breed unwarranted scepticism. EVM VVPAT case: Supreme Court issues two directives Justice Khanna directed the Election Commission of India to seal and store units used to …

EVM wins again: SC rejects all petitions seeking 100% cross verification by VVPAT slips, refuses to allow paper ballots
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM wins again: SC rejects all petitions seeking 100% cross verification by VVPAT slips, refuses to allow paper ballots

Op India  

On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed all petitions demanding a 100% verification of all votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails, or VVPATs, and going back to paper ballots. Justice Khanna delivered the verdict, stating that the court had thoroughly studied the procedures and technical factors and hence dismissed the request for 100% verification of …

EVM VVPAT case: Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking 100% cross verification
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM VVPAT case: Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking 100% cross verification

Hindustan Times  

Pleas for 100% verification of EVM-VVPAT: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail. The apex court also said a request for verification of the microcontroller of EVMs can be made within seven days of the declaration of election results upon payment of fees. VVPAT-EVM …

EVM-VVPAT verification case LIVE: Source code for EVMs should never be disclosed: Justice Khanna
7 months, 4 weeks ago

EVM-VVPAT verification case LIVE: Source code for EVMs should never be disclosed: Justice Khanna

The Hindu  

April 24, 2024 09:54 am | Updated 04:35 pm IST The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking 100% cross-verification of vote count in Electronic Voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail paper slips. In response, the ECI clarified that the microcontrollers cannot be accessed physically and “have a one-time program burnt into …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Petitions Seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification Listed Tomorrow In Supreme Court For Directions
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Petitions Seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification Listed Tomorrow In Supreme Court For Directions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is expected to pass directions tomorrow on petitions seeking 100% verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips.As per the causelist, the petitions are listed tomorrow in the Supreme Court "For Directions." The Supreme Court is expected to pass directions tomorrow on petitions seeking 100% verification of …

Supreme Court Likely To Pass Direction On Pleas Seeking Mandatory EVM-VVPAT Tally Tomorrow
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Likely To Pass Direction On Pleas Seeking Mandatory EVM-VVPAT Tally Tomorrow

News 18  

The Supreme Court is likely to pass directions or seek clarification over a batch of public interest litigations seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to mandatorily cross-verify the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. In April 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the ECI to increase the VVPAT slips from one Electronic …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. The Supreme Court will …

EVM-VVPAT issue: Supreme Court to hear pleas for 100% votes verification today | Key points
8 months, 1 week ago

EVM-VVPAT issue: Supreme Court to hear pleas for 100% votes verification today | Key points

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 16, will hear a batch of petitions seeking cross-verification of the votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail. Supreme Court to hear EVM-VVPAT plea: Top points A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which could not take up the pleas related to Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs, said it would consider …

‘Don’t try to bring down system like this’: SC on 100 per cent VVPAT verification of EVM votes
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Don’t try to bring down system like this’: SC on 100 per cent VVPAT verification of EVM votes

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticised the criticism of Electronic Voting Machines and the calls for reverting to ballot papers, stating that the electoral process in India is a "humongous task," and efforts should not be made to "bring down the system." The top court was hearing a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of the votes cast …

Pleas seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips: SC asks ECI to explain process
8 months, 1 week ago

Pleas seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips: SC asks ECI to explain process

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India to explain to it the entire process of voting and counting through EVMs, after hearing a batch of pleas seeking 100% cross verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips. A two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna and also comprising Justice Dipankar Datta, asked the …

SC to hear pleas for VVPAT cross-verification today
8 months, 1 week ago

SC to hear pleas for VVPAT cross-verification today

India TV News  

The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for April 16 to consider a series of petitions requesting cross-verification of votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta deferred petitions related to Electronic Voting Machines to next Tuesday, amid preparations for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls commencing on April 19. The …

SC seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea seeking a complete count of VVPAT slips in polls as opposed to the current practice of verification of only five randomly-selected EVMs through VVPAT paper slips. The top court, on April 8, 2019, had ordered the poll …

Supreme Court seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court seeks responses from EC, Centre on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea seeking a complete count of VVPAT slips in polls as opposed to the current practice of verification of only five randomly-selected EVMs through VVPAT paper slips. The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail is an independent vote verification …

Supreme Court seeks Election Commission reply on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court seeks Election Commission reply on plea for complete count of VVPAT slips

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission and the Centre regarding a petition seeking a complete count of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail slips in elections, contrasting with the current practice of verifying only five randomly chosen EVMs through VVPAT paper slips. On April 8, 2019, the Supreme Court instructed the Election Commission to …

Supreme Court notice to Election Commission on plea to count all VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court notice to Election Commission on plea to count all VVPAT slips

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission on a petition seeking the counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail paper slips in elections, instead of verifying only five randomly selected Electronic Voting Machines in each assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the poll …

SC to consider plea seeking cross verification of EVM vote count with VVPAT
1 year, 5 months ago

SC to consider plea seeking cross verification of EVM vote count with VVPAT

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked petitioner NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms, to serve the Election Commission of India with a copy of their petition seeking a direction to cross-verify the vote count in Electronic Voting Machines with votes separately “recorded as cast” in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail. The present petition said the apex court had directed in …

2012 rape-murder: 'Evidence ignored...' - SC's acquittal of convicts challenged
2 years ago

2012 rape-murder: 'Evidence ignored...' - SC's acquittal of convicts challenged

Hindustan Times  

Nearly a month after the Supreme Court acquitted three men convicted by lower court in the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old woman, the family has now sought review of the order. Last month, a three-judge bench headed by former Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit said, “Having regard to the totality of circumstances and the evidence on record, …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Aam Aadmi Party's Plea To Conduct Upcoming MCD Polls Using EVMs With VVPAT
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Aam Aadmi Party's Plea To Conduct Upcoming MCD Polls Using EVMs With VVPAT

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on the plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party through it's MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj seeking directions on State Election Commission to conduct the upcoming MCD polls using EVMs with VVPAT. Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra appearing for the petitioner Aam Aadmi Party said that while the MCD polls were upcoming, the State Election Commission …

MP High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Direction To Election Commission Of India To 'Rule Out Discrepancies In EVMs'
3 years ago

MP High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Direction To Election Commission Of India To 'Rule Out Discrepancies In EVMs'

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to take effective measures to rule out the discrepancies in the Electronic Voting Machines so as to conduct free and fair upcoming assembly and general elections.Essentially, the Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla was hearing the plea. …

Supreme Court junks TMC leader's plea seeking 100% VVPAT verification
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court junks TMC leader's plea seeking 100% VVPAT verification

Op India  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday dismissed a plea seeking 100 per cent matching of the voter-verifiable paper audit trail slips with the electronic voting machines vote count to ensure transparency in the elections. Supreme Court of India rejects the plea seeking 100% VVPAT verification of votes: Election Commission of India pic.twitter.com/z75BqCymfV — The Times Of India April 20, …

Supreme Court Dismisses Trinamool Congress Leader's Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Trinamool Congress Leader's Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Trinamool Congress Leader Gopal Seth seeking 100% verification of votes with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail in Electronic Voting Machines.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said that the Court did not want to interfere in the middle of the election process.Seth approached the Supreme Court …

Congress Petition to Apex Court: Use of VVPAT Machines and CCTV in Gujarat Assembly Elections
7 years, 1 month ago

Congress Petition to Apex Court: Use of VVPAT Machines and CCTV in Gujarat Assembly Elections

Live Law  

A petition has been filed before the Apex Court demanding the use of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines during the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat. The petition seeks clear rules and regulations for the counting of VVPAT paper trails, as well as the deployment of only trained and unbiased officials at polling booths. Additionally, it requests increased visibility …

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