The Supreme Court on Friday rejected all the petitions seeking the complete verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta also rejected a demand to go back to ballot papers in elections.
"We rejected all pleas related to bringing ballot papers again." Justice Khanna said at the hearing.
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The writ petitions were filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Abhay Bhakchand Chhajed and A
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