Top court examines long-term feasibility of biometric voter checks as it seeks responses from authorities, raising questions over cost, logistics and electoral safeguards.
Filed under Article 32, the PIL urges the Court to display information at all police stations and other public institutions regarding the legal provisions and punishments for filing false complaints, charges, statements, information, and evidence.
The observation was made when the issue was mentioned before a Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi by BJP leader and advocate petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay, who has sought a ban on the announcement of freebies in election manifestos and during campaigning.
