The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Election Commission of India (ECI) that within two weeks within two weeks, a petition to involve EVM’s burnt memory in its standard operating procedures and to include verification. But his response was recorded.
The apex court was hearing a petition by the election guard, Democratic reform association (ADR), a group of Haryana and Congress leaders. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutt heard the matter on 11 February.
“We will keep it after 15 days. Please enter your response by then. Please erase the data and load the data again. Let someone just investigate, “Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna According to the legal news website, told the pole panel Bar and bench. The next hearing will be held in the week starting from March 3.
Please erase the data and load the data again. Let someone just check.
The court has to provide information about the process of burning the poll panel EVM memory And Microcontroller after the election. The petitions have demanded that the court directs the panel to formulate a policy to investigate the original burnt memory/microcontroller of EVM components.
“If the losing candidates want clarification, the engineer may clarify that there is no tampering,” the CJI said.
SOP shortage adequate guidelines: Petition
According to legal news website, ADR’s main dispute in argument Livelaw, It is that on 1 June 2024 and 16 July 2024, the administrative and technical SOP issued by the ECI, (1) is a lack of adequate guidelines for burnt memory or investigation and verification microcontroller EVMS and (2) symbol loading unit (SLU). ,
During the hearing on Tuesday, Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appeared for ADR, said, “We are looking for the process that ECI needs to adopt. Supreme Court The decision corresponds to their standard operating protocols. What we want is that someone should check the hardware of software and EVMs to see if there is any element of manipulation in software and hardware. ,
