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On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking a policy for verification of electronic voting machines (EVMs). The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has filed a petition for this.
The ADR said in the petition that the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) created by the Election Commission (SOP) by the Election Commission (SOP) does not match the Supreme Court’s decision for verification of EVMs.
In the last hearing on 11 February, the bench of CJI Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta instructed not to relay or delete EVM data till the completion of the hearing.
CJI had said, ‘This is not a situation of protest. If the losing candidate needs any explanation, the engineer can make it clear that there is no tampering.
The Supreme Court also said that the cost of verification is 40 thousand rupees. The court also directed to reduce it.
EC will have to inform the Supreme Court about the entire process of deleting EVM memory and micro controller.
CJI said- Our decision did not mean that you delete data
CJI Khanna told Election Commission lawyer Advocate Maninder Singh that the decision in the ADR and EC case in April 2024 did not mean whether the election data from EVM should be deleted, or to be reloaded. The aim of that decision was that after the election an engineer of the EVM manufacturing company could verify and check the machine.
On 26 April 2024, Supreme Court gave 3 instructions to Election Commission
1. This unit should be sealed after the symbol loading process is completed. The sealed unit should be stored in the strong room for 45 days.
2. Test the suggestion of the counting of paper slip from the electronic machine.
3. Also see if there can be a barcode for every party besides the election mark.
After the decision, a way to get EVM tested for political parties and candidates opened. Understand this from the points below.
- If a candidate who comes at number two or third is suspicious, then he can complain within 7 days of the declaration of the result.
- After the complaint, the engineers of the company making EVM will investigate it.
- 5% of the Total EVM’s Total EVM’s included in any Lok Sabha constituency will be tested. These 5% EVM’s will be elected a candidate or his representative.
- The candidate will have to bear the cost of this investigation. Election Commission said- Information will be shared soon regarding the time limit and expenditure of the investigation.
- After investigation, if it is proved that the EVM has been tampered with, then the complaint will be returned to the complainant.
The court rejected the petition of Congress leaders of Haryana
The Supreme Court refused to hear the petitions related to the same case of former Haryana minister and 5 -time MLA Lakhan Kumar Singla. Both had demanded the verification of EVMs used in the Haryana assembly elections. The court had also dismissed the previous petition of both and they were not allowed to file a new petition.
Learn what happened in the last hearing …
11 February 2025: The bench of CJI Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta instructed not to relay or delete EVM data till the hearing was completed.
13 December 2024: In the hearing, the bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varle told the appellants why the petitions should be brought here, it should be sent to the old bench.
26 April 2024: The bench of the Supreme Court rejected the petition seeking to hold elections from the old ballot paper and called the EVM disturbances baseless. The court had said that EVM is safe, it has stopped booth capturing and fake voting. Different petitions challenging the results of Haryana election are pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. …
24 April 2024: After 40 minutes of hearing, the bench reserved the verdict. Justice Sanjeev Khanna had said that we are not hearing the merit again. We want some definite explanation. We had some questions and we have got answers. The decisions are reserved. …
18 April 2024: The bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta reserved the verdict after hearing 5 hours of lawyers and the Election Commission’s arguments. In the last hearing, the court asked the Election Commission whether the voters could not be given the slip coming out of VVPAT after voting.
On this, the Election Commission had said that there is a huge risk in giving VVPAT slip to voters. This will compromise the secrecy of the vote and can be misused outside the booth. We cannot say how other people can use it. …
16 April 2024: Advocate Prashant Bhushan argued that the slip ballot of VVPAT should be put in the box. This is what happens in Germany. On this, Justice Dipankar Dutta said that the examinations there do not go to us. Apart from this, the court had asked the Election Commission to tell about everything from the formation of EVMs to the possibility of tampering with data. …
Opposition parties have alleged EVMs of disturbances and tampering.
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Also read this news related to EVM …
100% matching demand of EVM-VVPAT in Supreme Court rejected, ballot paper will not be held
The Supreme Court dismissed the petitions related to 100% cross-checking of electronic voting machine (EVM) and VVPAT slip. Also gave a big decision. The court opened the path of investigation for the first time in the 42 -year history of using EVM. …
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