SCI Rejects Pleas Seeking 100% Cross-Verification Of EVMs Data With VVPAT Records

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) today rejected the pleas seeking 100 percent cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.

The verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. Though the cases were reserved for orders on April 18, they were listed again on April 24 as the Bench wanted some technical clarifications from the Election Commission. Taking into consideration the answers given by ECI, the orders were pronounced today.