
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the PIL against the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for voting in elections. The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave its assent to consider listing a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of the People Act. Under this act, EVMs were introduced instead of ballot papers for voting in the country.
Advocate ML Sharma has filed the petition
This petition has been filed by advocate ML Sharma. A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana heard the arguments of advocate ML Sharma. The bench said that it will consider listing the matter.
What are the arguments of the petitioner?
The petitioner has challenged Section 61(a) of the Representation of the People Act in his petition. In this act, a provision has been made to conduct the voting through EVM instead of the ballot paper. The petitioner claims that this provision has not yet been approved by the Parliament. That is why it cannot be implemented.
Let us inform you that assembly elections are to be held in five states of the country UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, and Punjab. Elections in UP will be held in seven phases. The first phase of assembly elections in UP will begin on February 10. Polling in Uttarakhand and Goa will be held on February 14 while in Punjab it will go to the polls on February 20. Manipur will go to the polls in two phases on February 27 and March 3. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. The results of the elections will be declared on the same day.
The wait for the 15th President of the country will end today. The counting of votes will begin a
Chinese President Xi Jinping can reach Saudi Arabia on Thursday. According to the news agency ANI
After the Coronavirus infection, another virus has increased the concern of the world. The virus
Dismissing all the rumours about the Covid-19 vaccine across the country, the Indian Council of M
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has previously supported Aditya Dhar and Ranveer Singh's films "Dhurand
Sridevi is known as the first lady superstar of the Bollywood industry. Even after his death, no
Raju Srivastava Passes Away: Comedian Raju Srivastava dies in Delhi AIIMS, was admitted for 41 days
The country's well-known comedian Raju Srivastava died on Wednesday morning in AIIMS, Delhi. He w
The winter session of Parliament may end prematurely. According to the news agency PTI, this sess
Good news for Stranger Things fans! The wait is over. The much-awaited Season 5 has been released
The interest rates that have been rising continuously for 3 months have become even more. Now it