Supreme Court rejects 100 per cent cross verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips
The top court also rejected the prayers of petitioners to return to ballot paper voting system, calling it foible and unsound.
In a latest development to the Babri Masjid demolition case, the Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing involving BJP leader LK Advani and others by two weeks and asked all parties to file their respective written submissions in the case.
The apex court was on Wednesday expected to decide whether senior party leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti would face trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.
The top court adjourned the case to Thursday based on a CBI plea challenging a trial court’s decision to drop criminal conspiracy charges against some BJP and other Hindu right-wing leaders involved in the Babri masjid demolition case.
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The hearing comes two days after the Supreme Court on Tuesday called for an amicable settlement to the Ayodhya dispute, terming it a sensitive and sentimental matter.
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