{"id":54821,"date":"2018-11-23T16:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54821"},"modified":"2018-11-23T16:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:55:26","slug":"sc-dismisses-pil-seeking-use-of-ballot-papers-in-assembly-ls-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-dismisses-pil-seeking-use-of-ballot-papers-in-assembly-ls-polls","title":{"rendered":"SC dismisses PIL seeking use of ballot papers in assembly LS polls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"535\" data-attachment-id=\"54822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-dismisses-pil-seeking-use-of-ballot-papers-in-assembly-ls-polls\/vbk-evms-1\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/vbk-evms-1.jpg?fit=660%2C552&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,552\" 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=\"vbk-evms-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/vbk-evms-1.jpg?fit=640%2C535&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/vbk-evms-1.jpg?resize=640%2C535&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/vbk-evms-1.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/vbk-evms-1.jpg?resize=120%2C100&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/vbk-evms-1.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:&nbsp;&nbsp;The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking use of ballot papers instead of EVMs during upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha polls.&nbsp;The PIL filed by advocate A. 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