Petition Seeking Review of VVPAT Verdict Dismissed by Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking review of its verdict rejecting PILs demanding return to the paper ballot system or a 100% cross-verification of votes cast through EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.

“We have carefully perused the review petition, as also the grounds in support thereof. In our opinion, no case for review of the judgment dated 26.04.2024 is made out. The review petition is, accordingly, dismissed,” a Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta said in its July 25 order, rejecting the review petition.

The Bench had on April 26 dismissed a PIL filed by Arun Kumar Agrawal seeking return to the paper ballot system or a 100% cross-verification of votes cast through EVMs with VVPAT slips even as it issued certain directions to the Election Commission to strengthen the current EVM system.