Apr 17, 2024, at 05:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta Tuesday heard petitions seeking cross-verification of the votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
BJP won elections in Bengal by misusing poll machinery, EVMs: Mamata at July 21 rally
Jul 21, 2019, at 01:16 pm
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the BJP won the polls in the state by using fraudulent methods and by misusing the Election Commission and the voting machinery. She said the elections that brought BJP to power is not history but a mystery and it was owing to the fixing of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Use of EVMs in Lok Sabha polls questioned by PIL
Jun 13, 2019, at 05:03 pm
New Delhi, Jun 13 (UNI:) A PIL was filed before the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to conduct fresh Lok Sabha polls using ballot papers.
SC refuses to hear PIL seeking checking of 100 per cent VVPAT slips
May 21, 2019, at 01:28 pm
New Delhi, May 21 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a 100 per cent matching of Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EMVs) while counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls on May 23, media reports said.
Not going back to paper ballots: Chief Election Commissioner declines Opposition demand
Jan 24, 2019, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IBNS): Turning down several opposition parties' demands, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Thursday said there is no way to get back to the paper ballot system in the forthcoming General Elections.