Supreme Court Rejects Petitions for Full Vote Verification

The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed all petitions calling for a full verification of votes cast via Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, constituting a two-judge bench, also turned down the request to revert to paper ballots in elections.