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

SC Sanjay Kumar Sanjiv Khanna The Delhi High Court

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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.

Also Read | NHPC moves Supreme Court against Delhi HC order on arbitral award

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.

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"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.

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