SC refuses plea for 100% manual counting of VVPAT slips during polls

A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan was dealing with the plea of one Hans Raj Jain against the August 12, 2024 judgement of the Delhi High Court on the issue. Read further on Dynamite News:

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India for a 100 per cent manual counting of voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips in addition to electronic counting by the control unit.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan was dealing with the plea of one Hans Raj Jain against the August 12, 2024 judgement of the Delhi High Court on the issue.

"We do not find any good ground to interfere with the impugned judgement (of the Delhi High Court). The special leave petition is dismissed,” the CJI said, dismissing his appeal.