The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that polling data is not deleted from the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) while these are being verified.
The bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta said this while seeking the ECI’s response to a plea by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which alleged that the ECI’s procedure for verification of EVMs was not in accordance with the April 2024 order of the Supreme Court.
In its April 26, 2024 order, the top court allowed candidates at No. 2 and No. 3 positions the option to get the burnt memory/microcontroller of 5 per cent of EVMs per Assembly segment…