Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Justice Khanna : We are not rehearing on merits. We wanted certain clarifications..

Bench dictates order : The matter was listed for directions in view of certain queries. Answers have been given. Judgment reserved.

Adv Varun Thakur : Technical person is not accountable...

Hegde : We are not asking for a return to paper ballot. We are only asking for a paper confirmation.

Hegde : Bar Code is just one more image, if it is put, it will greatly help the process.

J Khanna : How can it help the process? If there is any automatic counter to count the bar code...

Sr Adv Sanjay Hegde makes a suggestion of a unique bar code for each candidate.

Justice Khanna : If there is something to improve, we can certainly improve. Courts intervened twice. Once, when we said VVPAT should be mandatorily. Second time, when we increased from one to five.

Justice Datta : When we ask what are the improvements which could be done, the first submission was go back to ballot papers.

Justice Khanna : This is not a rehearing. After going through the FAQs, we had some queries, my brother had some queries, so we just put them across.

Justice Khanna : Consequences are provided if somebody does something wrong. Also, the report cited (by petitioners) says "doubtful". They themselves are not sure.

Justice Datta : Can we issue a mandamus on the basis of a suspicion?

Sr Adv Santhosh Paul : There are softwares available in this country to rig....

Justice Datta : Out of the 5% VVPATs counted, any candidate can show if there is any mismatch.