A Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan issued notice after hearing senior counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for the journalist Asish Goyal.
05 Sep 2018 1:11 AM
In draft report, law panel said as of now there is shortfall of 12.9 lakh ballot units, 9.4 lakh control units and about 12.3 lakh VVPATs.
03 Sep 2018 2:46 PM
The Congress also raised the issue of women’s reservation in the Parliament and state legislatures and that of electoral bonds.
28 Aug 2018 1:04 AM
Over 11 per cent of the 10,300 VVPAT machines across 10 states had developed faults and had to be replaced during the May 28 bypolls.
12 Aug 2018 4:38 PM
Two lakh new EVMs supplied by the govt-owned BHEL would be used in the state Assembly elections. Testing of the new machines will begin soon.
21 Jul 2018 1:02 AM
Many people are quite surprised when it turns out that computer scientists and security experts are among those most critical of EVMs.
18 Jun 2018 1:57 AM
The issue of ‘tamperability’ of EVMs has been doing the rounds ever since they were introduced.
18 Jun 2018 1:53 AM
The stakes are high in 2019, and the EC must ensure that its credibility remains high.
06 Jun 2018 1:41 AM
The Kairana byelections are being seen as a testing ground for the unity of the Opposition parties against the BJP.
31 May 2018 2:20 AM
The results of all the byelections would be announced on May 31.
29 May 2018 2:12 AM
The poll panel also rejected reports that polling was cancelled in 35 booths in Bhandara-Gondiya LS constituency in Maharashtra.
29 May 2018 1:45 AM
Cong urged that the EC revert to the old practice of paper ballots in future elections instead of EVMs.
18 Mar 2018 2:03 PM
In any case, a view cannot be formed on the strength of the line-up in a clutch of byelections.
18 Feb 2018 4:35 AM
People want free and fair polls. The use of EVMs has led to erosion of people’s faith and this is not a good sign for democracy.
03 Jan 2018 1:54 AM
In case of Gujarat elections, the NOTA vote share was higher than that of any party other than the Congress and the BJP.
19 Dec 2017 4:31 PM
The controversy grew so much that even Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti had to assure that there can be no EVM tampering.
19 Dec 2017 7:31 AM
Hardik Patel also claimed on Saturday that 150 software engineers of an Ahmedabad-based company were preparing to hack 5,000 EVMs.
17 Dec 2017 5:58 PM
Religion has become a means to deflect attention from what should really matter in a mature democracy, which is governance.
03 Dec 2017 12:13 AM
In Kanpur, SP and BJP workers clashed over the allegations of “rigged EVMs” in Harsh Nagar area.
23 Nov 2017 6:31 AM
The total turnout was substantially better than last year’s elections where it was recorded at 37 per cent, said Mr Babbar.
13 Sep 2017 3:12 AM