This Article is From Aug 10, 2018

Congress Moves Top Court For Random Verification Of VVPAT Voting Machines

The matter came up today before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar.

Congress Moves Top Court For Random Verification Of VVPAT Voting Machines

Kamal Nath has sought a direction to the Election Commission to randomly verify VVPAT slips

New Delhi:

The Supreme Court will next week hear Congress leader Kamal Nath's plea seeking random verification of VVPAT machines in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.

The matter came up today before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM  Khanwilkar.

In his petition, Kamal Nath has sought a direction to the Election Commission to randomly verify VVPAT slips with EVM votes at 10 percent of polling stations in every constituency.

He has also said the voter list should be provided in text format.

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