The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of the People Act, which had led to the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of ballot papers for polls in the country.
A bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and M.M. Sundresh refused to entertain the plea challenging section 61A of the 1951 Act, which pertains to voting machines at elections. Advocate M.L. Sharma, who filed the petition, referred to Article 100 of the Constitution, and said it is a mandatory provision.
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