Subramanian Swamy approaches court for replacing EVMs
September 22nd, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Tuesday filed a public interest petition in the Delhi High Court that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) lacked necessary safeguards to protect the integrity of a poll outcome and demanded that they be replaced.
The court will hear Swamy’s plea Wednesday.
In his petition, Swamy stated that the EVMs should be of international standards as prevalent in other countries.
“The Election Commission should at least provide for paper receipts of the votes cast for the voter to verify. This move would ensure that a vote cast is secured and the election is not rigged,” he said in his petition.
He stated that though electronic voting machines offer a myriad of benefits, nine suggested safeguards that are absolutely essential to protect the integrity of outcomes are not in place in Indian EVMs.
- Order reserved on Swamy's plea on voting machines (Lead) - Jan 10, 2012
- Swamy's plea on voting machines disposed of - Jan 17, 2012
- Swamy's plea on EVMs disposed of (Second Lead) - Jan 17, 2012
- Swamy's plea on voting machines dismissed (Lead) - Jan 17, 2012
- Poll panel asked to respond to plea on EVM standards - Sep 23, 2009
- Supreme Court notice to poll panel on EVMs (Lead) - Jul 25, 2011
- Poll panel to study paper trail for voting machines - Apr 15, 2011
- Simulated polls to test new voting system - Jun 15, 2011
- Supreme Court notice to poll panel on EVMs - Jul 25, 2011
- Simulated polls to test new voting system Tuesday - Jul 25, 2011
- Your vote would soon get printed as proof: Poll panel chief - Feb 04, 2011
- Plea to declare Supreme Court bar association poll void - Jun 04, 2011
- New voting machine with paper trail tested - Jul 26, 2011
- Voting machines will soon give paper receipt: Official - Jan 20, 2012
- Uncertainty over simultaneous counting of votes for civic bodies' polls - Jan 11, 2012
Tags: delhi high court, election commission, electronic voting machines, evms, integrity, janata party president, myriad, necessary safeguards, New Delhi, plea, poll, public interest petition, receipts, subramanian swamy, vote
