New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday Election Commission of India to file its response within 15 days on plea seeking directions to the poll panel to include the checking and verification of burnt memory of EVMs in their Standard Operating Procedures.

"We will keep this after 15 days. Please file your response by then. Please do not erase the data and reload the data. Let someone just examine," the chief justice of India told the poll panel.

The top court was hearing a petition by election watchdog, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

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