The Supreme Court on Tuesday was hearing a batch of petitions seeking cross-verification of votes cast through VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail), when it pointed out the going back to paper ballot for 2024 Lok Sabha election is not the right solution.
VVPAT unit produces a paper slip that is visible to the voter via a transparent screen for about seven seconds before it gets stored in a sealed drop box.
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan was appearing for the petitioner Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). He gave the apex court three alternatives to the present EVM system of voting.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, hearing the petitions, said unless there is fear of stringent punishment, there will always be a possibility of a manipulation or tampering with the EVMs (Electronic voting machines).
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