16 April 2024 5:50 AM GMT2024-04-16 05:50:16
The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.
Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. Earlier, a bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, while hearing ADR's petition, had expressed reservations about the demand for 100% VVPAT verification, saying that it would add to the ECI's burden without much significant advantage.
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