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.
The Supreme Court posted the matter for further consideration on January 30, 2023.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said, "there was no palpable progress made in the investigation".
Navlakha had moved the top court requesting that he be placed under house arrest instead of being incarcerated in Taloja jail under judicial custody.
The apex court seeks Attorney General R. Venkataramani’s assistance in the hearing of the issue seeking to curb religious conversion by force or allurement and seeking steps to penalise those engaged in such conversion.
Everybody, judges, lawyers, and the court staff, was in for a big surprise when Justice Chandrachud reached the court at 10:00 am along with his two daughters – Mahi and Priyanka. The CJI explained to his daughters as to how the court functions – where judges sit and the point from where lawyers argue the matters.