The Supreme Court reserved its decision on the petitions demanding 100 percent verification of EVM votes through VVPAT slips. Let us tell you that at present the VVPAT slips of five randomly selected EVMs are verified in each assembly constituency. In the petition filed on this matter, lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing on behalf of the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms, presented the arguments. Are of.
The number of voters has increased – Supreme Court
During the hearing in the Supreme Court, a lawyer pointed towards the electoral system of Bangladesh. On this the Supreme Court said that our system is working well, you know and we also know what happened with the ballot papers. Our voter turnout has also increased and this shows the confidence of the people. Justice Dutta said that do not think that only foreign countries are doing well, India is also doing well.
No need to doubt everything – Supreme Court
According to a Bar & Bench report, the Supreme Court, commenting on the matter, said that we do not need to be skeptical about everything. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta is hearing the case. Let us tell you that VVPAT is an independent vote verification system, which enables the voter to see whether his vote has been cast correctly or not.
Court expressed unhappiness over criticism of EVM
Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court had expressed unhappiness over the criticism of EVMs and the demand for bringing back the ballot papers. The court said that the electoral process in India is a huge task and no attempt should be made to weaken this system. The court also mentioned how polling stations were captured during the ballot phase to manipulate the election results.
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