New Delhi, January 21
The Supreme Court has adjourned till February 11 the hearing of an NGO’s petition seeking verification of electronic voting machines and strict adherence to related procedures.
A special bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta heard an interim petition by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms seeking a direction to the Election Commission to check and verify the burnt memory/microcontroller of EVMs. Justice Dutta said that when a similar case was filed earlier, he had ordered to dismiss it on merits and then AM Singhvi (senior advocate) said that he was withdrawing it. are.” Now this should not be the case, so there should be an explanation. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, who appeared for the petitioner NGO, said that ADR has nothing to do with this petition, please provide the court record. It may be mentioned that this NGO had filed a petition on December 23 last year seeking directions to the Election Panel to ensure strict compliance with the decision.
