AGNOSTOS THEOS

Supreme Court dismisses PIL alleging violation of voter secrecy

The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL claiming voter secrecy violation citing lack of merit and petitioner's ignorance of a previous verdict rejecting EVM manipulation allegations. The petitioner's counsel argued that polling officers could identify votes from VVPAT slips and EVM data, but the court refuted. The court upheld the security of EVMs and allowed unsuccessful candidates to request EVM chip verification.