Supreme Court Adjourns Petition For Cross-Verification Of EVMs With VVPAT By Voters

In the instant petition, the NGO has sought direction to the poll panel and the Centre to ensure the voters are able to verify through VVPATs that their vote has been "counted as recorded".

The Supreme Court today adjourned till November the hearing on a plea by an NGO seeking cross-verification by voters of the votes cast by them through the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti deferred the case, saying there is no urgency in this.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, submitted there is an urgency as elections are coming up.