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Supreme Court declines to urgently hear plea for VVPAT verification before vote counting

The decision of the bench came as in the afternoon senior advocate Maninder Singh appearing for the Election Commission of India told the bench that it is following the judgment in relation to the VVPAT verification

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Supreme Court. File Pic

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to urgently consider the plea seeking verification of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) before the counting of votes instead of verifying it at the end of counting.

A bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli, refused to list the matter for tomorrow for hearing saying that it doesn't want to issue any direction at the last minute, with regard to counting of votes in Assembly polls in five States.

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