1. ECI vehemently opposes DMK’s case against third-generation M3 EVMs
The Election Commission of India (ECI) vehemently opposed a writ petition filed by the DMK questioning the design of third-generation M3 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in which the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) printers are sandwiched between the balloting units and control units without a direction connection between the two units.
Appearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice J. Sathya Narayana Prasad, ECI counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan said, such writ petitions filed by political parties time and again end up creating absolutely unnecessary apprehension in the minds of the voters. “It will send a wrong message. People will start doubting the EVMs,” he told the Bench.
