Describing India's electoral process as a "humongous task," the court cautioned against efforts to undermine the system.
The court reminisced about the ballot paper era, marred by booth capturing and election manipulation. The hearing involved pleas for thorough verification of EVM votes with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips, ensuring each vote's accuracy.
Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta expressed scepticism towards the notion that European nations have reverted to ballot papers.
"This is a humongous task.
No European country can do this. You talked about Germany but what is the population there.
My home state West Bengal is far more populous than Germany.
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