New Delhi, April 26 -- No change in vote counting process for election, rules Apex Court

The Supreme Court (SC) this morning rejected petitions seeking 100 percent cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with paper slips generated through the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) method. The two-Judge Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta delivered concurrent but separate judgements.

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