New Delhi: Amidst Continued Criticism of Electronic Voting Machines by opposition parties, The Supreme Court on Tuesday Asked The Election Commission to Exclusive Followed OP for Verification of Authenticity of EVMS by Engineers after the completes of polls.
Asking the election commission not to delete data from the concerned EVMs, a Bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta Soght An Affidavit from the Ec by Mark 3 AS CONDES , Who Lost to INLD Candidate Arjun Chautala in the Rania Assembly Constituency of Haryana, Complained through Senior Advocate Devadatt kamat that ec was “Reluct to allow scrutiny of burny of burnt memory/microcontroller of evms Y showed the data ispty.
The same bench in its april 26, 20024 Judgment in Association of Democratic Reforms Had Ordered that on the Written Request of Candidates Coming COCOND and Third in an Election with DAIN SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVENS Emory/microcontroller in 5% of the EVMS, that is, the control unit, ballot unit and the vvpat, per Assembly Constituency/Assembly Segment of a Parliamentary Constituency Shall be Checked and Verifier s of the evms, post the announcing of the results, for Any tampering or modification. “
The Sc Had also directed that “The District Election Officer, In Consultation with the Team of Engineers, Shall Certify the Authenticity/Intactness of the BurNT Memory/Microcontor Ed. The actual cost or expenses for the said verification will be notified by the eci, and the candidate making the said request will pay for such expresses. “
Kamat said the sc in its april 2024 judge ONTRARY ISSUED DIRECTIONS Contrary to the Sc Decision. “
For the EC, Senior Advocate Maninder Singh Said The Sc Has Time and Again Reposed Faith in the EVMS and their Working and Repelled Attempts to Take the Country Back to the Days of Paper Ballot, WHICH SAW Massive Apturing by Goons Employed By Politicians .
He said the ec has scrupully followed Ituency, has filed anothery despite withdrawing an identity petition. The bench agreed with Singh and refused to entertain dalal's petition.
Kamat Said when Mitter Sought Verification of Authenticity of EVMS in Nine Polling Stations in Rania Assembly Constituency, The District Election Officer Resorted to Conducting A Mocke Poll on the Evm Used For Ing Its Burnt Memory/Microcontroller.
The petitioner sout a direction to the ec to lay down a policy ing unit) in terms of the April 2024 Judgment.
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