The Supreme Court Tuesdಞay dismissed a PIL seeking 100 per cent matching of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during counting of votes on May 23 for Lok Sabha polls.
A vacatioꦚn bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra refused to entertain the plea filed by a Chennai-based organisa♔tion 'Tech for All', saying that a larger bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had already dealt with the matter and passed an order
"The CJI had dealt with this 📖matter. Why are you taking chance before ꦫa two-judge vacation bench," the apex court asked.
"We cannot override the 👍CJI's order... This is nonsense. The petition is taken on board. Dismissed," Justice Mishra said.
The apex court had on May 7 dismissed a review plea filed by 2𒊎1 Opposition leaders led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandr♊ababu Naidu seeking that random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs be increased to 50 per cent.
The top court had on April 8 directed the Election Commission to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs from one to five polling booths per assembly segment in Lok Sabha pꦆolls, saying it would provide greater satisfaction not just to political pa🎐rties but also to the entire electorate.
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