EC moves Supreme Court for fixing timeline for filing election pleas, release of EVMs, VVPATs used in six States
The Hindu
A Bench headed by Chief Justice N. V. Ramana agreed to hear next week the EC’s plea after senior advocate Vikas Singh submitted a large number of EVMs and VVPATs need to be released.
The Election Commission on Wednesday sought an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court on its plea alleging that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPAT machines used in the Assembly polls of six States are lying unused as they are preserved due to an order extending the limitation period for filing pleas, including election petitions, during the second wave of COVID-19. A Bench headed by Chief Justice N. V. Ramana agreed to hear next week the EC’s plea after senior advocate Vikas Singh submitted a large number of EVMs and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail machines (VVPATs) are still being preserved and need to be released. He sought that a timeline be fixed for filing election petitions relating to Assembly polls of Assam, Kerala, Delhi, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
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