Supreme Court of India
Association for Democratic Reforms v. Election Commission of India and Another
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What the Court ordered
In view of the foregoing discussion, the petitioners’ apprehensions are misplaced.
Judgment, page 43
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Petitioners sought directions for re-introduction of the paper ballot system; or that the printed slip from the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine be given to the voter to verify, and put in the ballot box, for counting; and/or that there should be 100% counting of the VVPAT slips in addition to electronic counting by the control unit. Headnotes Elections – Electoral Process – Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 – Use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) – EVM-VVPAT mechanism – Writ petitions filed on the suspicion
Authorities it was built on
- 1990 Direct Recruit Class Ii Engineering Officers' Association and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 1961 Daryao and Others v. The State of U. P. and Others
- 2000 Election Commission of India through Secretary v. Ashok Kumar and Ors.
- 1971 D. A. V. College Bathinda, Etc. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
- 2015 Adi Saiva Sivachariyargal Nala Sangam & Ors. v. The Government of Tamil Nadu &anr.
- 1984 A.C. Jose v. Sivan Pillai & Ors.
- 2013 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Election Commission of India
- 2018 Kamal Nath v. Election Commission of India and Others
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