The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale gave this decision.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition seeking to reintroduce the physical paper ballot voting system in elections. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale gave this decision.
Petitioner KA Paul said- Leaders like Chandrababu Naidu and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy have also raised questions on tampering with Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
On this, the bench said, 'When Chandrababu Naidu or Jagan Mohan Reddy lose elections, they say that EVMs are tampered and when they win, they do not say anything.'
The bench said that how can we see it. We are rejecting it. This is not the place to debate all this.
The bench asked KA Paul why are you coming into this political arena? Your field of work is very different. Paul is the president of an organization that has rescued more than 3 lakh orphans and 40 lakh widows.
VVPAT is a vote verification system, which shows whether the vote has been cast correctly or not.
Voting through ballot paper even in countries like America Paul said that EVMs can be tampered with. Even in countries like America, voting is done through ballot paper. We should follow it. EVMs are a threat to democracy. Elon Musk has also expressed concern about tampering with EVMs.
Candidate should be ineligible for at least 5 years Petitioner KA Paul also sought direction from the bench to the Election Commission. He said that if such candidates are found guilty of luring voters with money, liquor and other things during elections, they should be disqualified for at least five years.
October 17: Congress's petition related to Haryana elections was rejected.
On October 16, Priya Mishra and Vikas Bansal, on behalf of the Congress, had filed a petition in the Supreme Court alleging irregularities in voting-counting on 20 seats during the Haryana Assembly elections.
It was said in the petition that the Election Commission has conducted elections in Haryana using EVM. Results were also declared on the same basis. But, some EVMs were working at 99 percent battery capacity, while some were working at 60-70 and less than 80 percent battery capacity. Some EVMs had 99 percent battery even on the day of counting.
During the hearing on October 17, the Supreme Court had reprimanded the petitioner. The court had said that for filing such a petition, a fine can also be imposed on you. You hand over the papers, we will see.
26 April: Demand for 100% matching of EVM-VVPAT rejected in Supreme Court, said- Elections will not be held through ballot paper.
On April 26 this year, the Supreme Court had rejected the petitions related to conducting elections through ballot paper and 100% cross-checking of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and VVPAT slips. Also, for the first time in the 42 year history of the use of EVM, the way for investigation was opened. This decision was given by Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Sanjeev Khanna.
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