EVM tampering issue: SC wants Election Commission's reply in 4 weeks

PIL said that EVMs could be tampered and should be subjected to tests by a foreign expert

Even as the government has rubbished claims, the Supreme Court on Friday has issued a notice to the Election Commission on the alleged tampering of EVMs (Electronic voting machines) during the recent Assembly Elections in five states.

A bench of the Apex Court headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Jagdish Singh Khehar and also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and D. Y. Chandrachud, issued the notice over the petition filed by lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma

Sharma in his petition claimed that the recently concluded elections in the five states were allegedly tampered with in these Electronic Voting Machines and these machines should be checked thoroughly

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