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Source-This post on Supreme Court Gives Verdict \u2014 EVMs are safe<\/strong> has been created based on the article \u201cExpress View: Message from Supreme Court \u2014 EVMs are safe<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express<\/strong>\u201d on 27 April 2024.<\/p>\n UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-2<\/strong>– Salient Features of the Representation of People\u2019s Act.<\/p>\n News<\/strong>-The Supreme court in Association of Democratic Reforms vs Election Commission of India and Anr case<\/strong> has rejected all pleas that were seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT verification. The verdict emphasized the importance of balanced perspective when assessing systems or institutions, warning against blind distrust as it can hinder progress.<\/p>\n Context<\/strong>– Many oppositions political parties demanded 100% recount of all VVPATs, instead of the current method of sampling the number of recounts, to have full transparency. Supreme Court Gives Verdict \u2014 EVMs are safe<\/strong><\/p>\n Read more- EVM-Demand for 100% recount of all VVPATs<\/a><\/p>\n 1) The Symbol Uploading Units (SULs) must be stored in a secure room for 45 days after the results are announced. Like EVMs, they can also be inspected and reviewed.<\/p>\n 2) If any candidate comes second or third, they can request for EVMs in their area to be checked. In case of such a request, 5 % of machines per assembly segment will be examined.<\/p>\n 1) The Election Commission of India has assuaged these concerns constantly, including by holding hackathons.<\/p>\n 2) The ECI has introduced the VVPAT system to ensure a paper trail to test machines after the Supreme Court’s verdict in 2012.<\/p>\n 1) It has put in place interventions that would dispel doubts about the integrity of India\u2019s voting system.<\/p>\n A) The directive on mandatory storage of Symbol Uploading Units (SULs) will ensure that votes have not been miscounted.<\/p>\n B) Rechecking of EVMs allows a window to address the legitimate concerns of contesting candidates.<\/p>\n 2) The judgement will affirm the credibility of India\u2019s voting process.<\/p>\n Question for practice<\/strong><\/p>\n What interventions have been put in place by the Supreme Courts to dispel doubts about the integrity of India\u2019s voting system?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source-This post on Supreme Court Gives Verdict \u2014 EVMs are safe has been created based on the article \u201cExpress View: Message from Supreme Court \u2014 EVMs are safe\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 27 April 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-2– Salient Features of the Representation of People\u2019s Act. News-The Supreme court in Association of Democratic… Continue reading Supreme Court Gives Verdict \u2014 EVMs are safe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":293386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[300,212,10500],"class_list":["post-293266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Supreme-Court-Gives-Verdict-%E2%80%94-EVMs-are-safe.webp?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are the directives issued by the Supreme Court in this case?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What steps have the Election Commission of India taken to assuage the concerns about safety of EVMs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What is the significance of the Supreme court’s recent judgement?<\/strong><\/h2>\n