The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale gave this decision.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition to reintroduce the ballot-based voting system in elections.
Justices Vikram Nath and PB Varale told the petitioner: The parties have no problem with the EVM, why do you have it? Where do you get such ideas from?
Commenting on this, petitioner KA Paul said: Leaders like Chandrababu Naidu and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy have also raised questions over electronic voting machine (EVM) tampering.
The bench said that when Chandrababu Naidu or Jagan Mohan Reddy loses elections, they say that the EVMs are falsified and when they win, they say nothing.
How can we see it. We reject it. This is not the place to debate all this. Why are you coming to this political area? Your field of work is very different.
Let us tell you that Paul is the president of such an organization, which has saved more than 3,000,000 orphans and 40,000 widows.
VVPAT is a vote verification system, which shows whether the vote was cast correctly or not.
Ballot voting is also common in countries like the United States. Petitioner KA Paul referred to comments by Elon Musk who had suggested that EVMs could be tampered with. EVMs pose a threat to democracy. He said: “I have visited more than 150 countries and most of them have adopted ballot voting. Paul said I think India should also adopt the same method.
Regarding this, the judges asked why you did not want to separate from other countries. Petitioner KA Paul also sought directions from the judiciary to the Election Commission. He said if such candidates are found guilty of luring voters with money, alcohol or other things during elections, they should be disqualified for at least five years.
October 17: Congress petition in Haryana elections rejected. On October 16, Priya Mishra and Vikas Bansal, on behalf of the Congress, filed a petition in the Supreme Court alleging irregularities in the counting of votes for 20 seats in the Haryana Assembly elections. .
It was stated in the petition that the Election Commission had conducted elections in Haryana using EVM. The results were also reported on the same basis, but some EVMs were operating with 99 percent battery capacity, while others were operating between 60 and 70 percent and with less than 80 percent battery capacity. Some EVMs had 99% battery, even on counting day.
During the hearing on October 17, the Supreme Court had reprimanded the petitioner. The court said that if you file such a petition, you may also be fined. You hand in the papers, we’ll see.
CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Manoj Mishra and Justice JB While dismissing the petition, the Pardiwala bench had asked: Do you want us to stop the swearing-in of the newly elected government? …
April 26: Supreme Court rejects demand for 100% match with EVM-VVPAT. Elections will not be held by ballot.
On April 26 this year, the Supreme Court dismissed petitions related to holding elections through ballot papers and 100 per cent cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPAT slips. Furthermore, for the first time in the 42 years of use of the EVM, the way for an investigation has been opened. This ruling was delivered by Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Sanjeev Khanna.
Earlier on April 24, after a 40-minute hearing, the bench reserved the decision. Justice Sanjeev Khanna said we don’t hear any more about the merits. We would like specific clarifications. We had a few questions and we got answers. Reserve the decision. …