Judge Datta of the Supreme Court says, “Mr. Bhushan, we cannot control the election; we cannot control another constitutional authority.” identified to advocate Prashant Bhushan.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas looking for full cross-verification of votes forged utilizing EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) after paying attention to solutions to queries it had raised earlier than the Election Commission.
Judge Datta of the Supreme Court says, “Mr. Bhushan, we cannot control the election; we cannot control another constitutional authority.” identified to advocate Prashant Bhushan.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta sought solutions from an official of the ballot panel to 5 questions associated to the the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), together with whether or not the microcontrollers fitted in them are reprogrammable.
Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Nitesh Kumar Vyas, who had earlier made a presentation to the courtroom on the functioning of EVMs, was summoned by the bench at 2 PM to reply the queries.
The bench had stated it wants clarification on sure facets as there was some confusion over the solutions given by the EC to ‘ceaselessly requested questions’ (FAQs) about EVMs. “We have some doubts and need clarification and that’s why we have listed the matter for directions,” the bench stated, including “we don’t want to be factually wrong but doubly sure in our findings”.
-with inputs from PTI
