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.
The top court also rejected the prayers of petitioners to return to ballot paper voting system, calling it foible and unsound.
The bench among other issues sought clarity from the poll panel officials whether the micro controller is installed in the controlling unit or the VVPAT and the flash memory of the microcontrollers in EVMs cannot be reprogrammed.
The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khana and Dipankar Datta had last week reserved its verdict on a batch of public interest litigations in the matter.
As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, the issue is listed before a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta “for directions” on April 24.
The top court also set aside the Bombay High Court order declining the plea for the medical termination of her pregnancy.
Till now, four PILs have been filed in the top court on the issue by lawyers ML Sharma and Vishal Tiwari, Congress leader Jaya Thakur and activist Mukesh Kumar.
Thackeray said that the election panel should be dissolved while the matter is going on in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has ruled that conviction of a husband and his relatives for cruelty to the wife under Section 498A of the IPC (husband or relative of the husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) would not be sustainable when the marriage between the parties had been declared null and void.
"This is like my lawyer is mine, but your lawyer is also mine," said the chief minister alleging that the LG wanted Tushar Mehta to defend all his "wrong acts" in the court by representing both sides in the MCD mayor case.
Elections to the mayor and deputy mayor are long overdue as three previous meetings held on January 6 and 24 and February 6 were adjourned without holding elections following a ruckus between BJP and AAP councillors over the 'voting rights of nominated councillors'.
