The Delhi High Court on August 3 last dismissed a PIL seeking direction to the Election Commission of India to stop the use of electronic voting machines (EVM) and revert to ballot papers in the forthcoming polls in the country. The petition was dismissed with costs of Rs. 10,000.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said the petition by CR Jaya Sukin, a lawyer, was a PIL based on “hearsay and baseless allegations and averments.”
The bench said the petition was filed without doing any research on the working of the EVMs and lacked material to justify the plea.
The court said Sukin may file a fresh petition on the issue after conducting research and making proper averments.
“The writ petition is dismissed with costs of Rs 10,000 to be deposited in four weeks towards Delhi State Legal Services Authority,” the court ordered.