{"id":47474,"date":"2017-03-22T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T00:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47474"},"modified":"2017-03-22T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T00:30:57","slug":"sc-hear-plea-probe-alleged-tampering-evms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-hear-plea-probe-alleged-tampering-evms","title":{"rendered":"SC to hear plea for probe into alleged tampering of EVMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44317\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/law.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-report-jk-police-youths-killing\/law-10\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/law.jpg?fit=260%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"law\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/law.jpg?fit=260%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/law.jpg?fit=260%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44317 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/law.jpg?resize=260%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC to hear plea for probe into alleged tampering of EVMs\" width=\"260\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/law.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/law.jpg?resize=135%2C100&amp;ssl=1 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC to hear plea for probe into alleged tampering of EVMsSC to hear plea for probe into alleged tampering of EVMs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during polls, including the recent assembly elections in five states.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar posted for hearing on March 24 the PIL which has sought a direction to the Election Commission and the Centre for probe into the allegations of EVM tampering and its possibility.<\/p>\n<p>The plea sought examination of the &#8220;quality, software\/ malware and hacking effect in the EVMs from a reliable electronic lab\/scientist and software expert and to file their report before this court for further action\/prosecution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In his PIL, advocate M L Sharma also sought a direction to the Centre for registering an FIR to investigate the alleged tempering of EVMs &#8220;for vested interest by the political party and to file their report before the apex court&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner referred to allegations of EVM tampering in the recent assembly elections in five states and Maharashtra civic polls.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL claimed that it was admitted by the poll panel itself that EVMs are tamper proof only until their technical, mechanical and software details remain a secret.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These details can be detected via reverse engineering by any expert. Wireless device\/software can be prepared via reverse engineering, and with their help voting records can be changed in any location and at any time,&#8221; the plea claimed.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during polls, including the recent assembly elections in five states. 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