Supreme Court rejects plea raising issues with EVMs; imposes ₹50k costs on petitioner

The Court remarked that EVMs have been in use in the country for decades but periodically, issues are sought to be raised against them and the petition seemed to be another such endeavour.

The Supreme Court of India on Friday imposed costs of ₹50,000 on a political party while dismissing a plea filed by it raising issues with Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) [Madhya Pradesh Jan Vikash Party vs Election Commission of India].

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