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Swamy's plea on voting machines disposed of
Tuesday January 17, 2012 12:41:14 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Tuesday disposed of a plea of Janata Party president
Subramanian Swamy that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not
tamper-free and needed rectification to ensure fair elections.
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri, however,
appreciated the suggestion made. The court said it cannot give any
direction to the Election Commission for using the ballot paper
system instead of EVMs to avoid tampering at the time of polls.
The Janata Party chief had submitted that either paper printouts
should be incorporated in the EVMs or the Election Commission
should return to the ballot paper system to avoid tampering.
"The Election Commission should at least provide paper receipts of
the votes cast for the voter to verify," Swamy had said before the
division bench of Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw.
"This move would ensure that a vote cast is secured and the
election is not rigged," he said.
Swamy contended that in the poll process, transparency had to be
given priority over efficiency.
He had explained that EVMs' database was controlled by a computer
chip and it was not tamper-proof. He had also cited examples of
technologically advanced European nations which don't use EVMs for
the same reason.
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