SC issues notice to EC on plea to verify at least 50% VVPATs

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  • The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to respond to a petition filed by 21 Opposition parties demanding the random verification of at least 50% electronic voting machines (EVMs) using Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in every Assembly segment or constituency.
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  • Supreme Court’s earlier judgment:
    (1) Supreme Court’s judgment in the Dr. Subramanian Swamy case in 2013.
    (2) In which the court had held that the paper trail for EVM was an indispensable requirement of free and fair elections.
    (3) They argued that the ruling had made the VVPAT an inherent and intrinsic part of the very basic structure.
  • What petitioners contended:
    (1) The EC guideline hits at the basic structure of the Constitution by making VVPAT completely ineffective and merely ornamental in nature.
    (2) It takes away from the left hand what was given by the right
Source
The hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 16th Mar 2019
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