Delhi High Court dismisses plea to stop use of EVMs, imposes costs

It is akin to a “publicity interest litigation”, say judges

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed, with a cost of ₹10,000, a petition seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop the use of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and instead return to ballot paper. A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh rejected the petition filed by advocate C.R. Jaya Sukin saying it was akin to a “publicity interest litigation”. The bench said the petition was filed without doing any research on the working of the EVMs and lacked material to justify the plea. It said the EVMs were approved by the ECI and Parliament.