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SC issues notice to EC, Centre, to make VVPAT paper slip counting mandatory

SC issues notice to EC, Centre, to make VVPAT paper slip counting...

The notice is a result of doubt on the reliability of EVMs and a petition by a member of Jan Chetna Party from Surat.

20 Nov 2017 3:20 PM IST

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had courted controversy a couple of days ago while taking a dig at state BJP chief Satpal Satti. (Photo: PTI)

Ensure proper security of VVPAT machines: Himachal CM to EC

Expressing his faith in EC, he said the period between voting and counting is long, assurance for proper safety of VVPAT...

6 Nov 2017 11:12 AM IST

The election commission conducts FLC of new machines followed by rehearsals of EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) before the polling day in front of representatives from registered parties.

How foolproof are EVMs?

A bamboozling theory about the electronic tampering of unique stand-alone machines will not suffice for us to get too...

23 Jan 2019 1:24 AM IST

Under the new system, EVMs will have name, photo and election symbol of a candidate in that order.

Has poll commission been strictly neutral?

The panel has also been served a contempt notice by the top court for not following its order on candidates declaring...

31 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

EC: 50 per cent VVPAT check will delay poll by six days

The EC said there is no ground for altering the existing system of random counting of the VVPAT slips.

30 March 2019 6:45 AM IST

Supreme Courts decision on the draconian law has received a mixed response with some seeing it as a step towards social progress and equality while others view it as a downward spiral of our moral compass.

Present method of counting VVPAT slips most suitable: EC to Supreme...

The poll panel justified the existing system of random counting of the VVPAT slips from one polling booth per assembly...

29 March 2019 1:31 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

SC to EC: Why no VVPAT test in more booths?

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta asked the commission to file an affidavit on this by 4 pm...

26 March 2019 2:13 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

SC seeks EC reply on increasing VVPAT sample survey per assembly...

SC directed EC to file reply by March 28 if it can increase the number of VVPAT sample survey in each assembly segment...

25 March 2019 1:29 PM IST

The Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

SC to hear Oppn plea for VVPAT count on Monday

The court had on Friday sought EC's response on the plea led by Andhra Pradesh CM for a check of the VVPAT slips.

20 March 2019 3:52 PM IST

The EVM and the VVPAT are in focus as elections loom and pet theories about the machines keep surfacing.

Safe to press

The Election Commission said we will hand over the machine for examination and they said they had their own machine...

19 March 2019 5:55 AM IST

The ECI has nearly 38 lakh EVMs in its possession while the total number of EVMs supplied to it from 2000 to 2014 is less than 36 lakh.

SC to hear 21 Oppn parties on voting machines, VVPATs tomorrow

With the nearing of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the petitioners want more safety norms and strict standards for EVMs.

14 March 2019 7:38 PM IST

Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav (Photo: File)

SP urges EC to remove UP DGP for 'backing' BJP

The SP claimed the police issued warning notes to 'a large number' of SP supporters in the constituency.

30 April 2019 7:22 AM IST