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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Election Commission to respond to two pleas seeking an independent review of the software used in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and EVM Tracking Software (ETS).
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the poll panel to file its response by March 1 to the PILs that have suggested changes in the source code of EVMs to make them tamper-proof and prevent a “pre-determined outcome” during elections.
The PILs have been filed by activists Sunil Ahya and Ramesh Bellamkonda.
“We would require to hear the Election Commission of India (EC) on the statements made in the writ petitions and reliefs prayed therein. The petitioners in both the cases to file additional paper books in the Registry,” the bench said.
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