New Delhi: uncertainty weaving the election of the assembly next year in Punjab, UP, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur as the Election Commission to move Supreme Court who seek the release of EVMS and VVPats used in last year’s country elections and this year, which are stored in detention to anticipate the submission of petitions election.
In accordance with the law, EVMS must be touched and safe for 45 days from the declaration of the results, which is a deadline for candidates who are defeated to submit a challenging election petition.
If there is no election petition submitted in the restrictions period (45 days), EVMS can be released for reuse in the next election.
The problem faced by EC comes from the order of the Supreme Court, which, given the difficulties posed by the Covid pandemic, extended indefinitely because the disease gripped the country last year.
This means that all the election results were stated in 45 days after the locking was implemented in March last year because of a pandemic, it would still be open to the challenge by defeated candidates.
Thus, all EVMs are used for assembly selection in Assam, Kerala, Delhi, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal cannot be reused unless SC improve a certain period of time for submission of these polls.
Senior Advocate Vikas Singh said the EC application before the head of the head of the Ramana CJI NV and seek hearing urged urgently while conveying the anxiety of polls on uncertainty in the country’s election next year, given the fact that around 4.5 lakh EVMS, used polls this year and last year, Stay locked.
The bench agreed to make a list of applications as early as possible.
EC, in its application was submitted through Advocates Amit Sharma, said, “Each electronic voting machine (EVM) used in elections and stored in detention of district election officers will be injected, with the security standard protocol, the slope confirmation.
The position of the election petition from the High Court concerned after the completion of the period to apply for elections, which is 45 days since the declaration of the results.
“” In the election case, where there is no election petition submitted or no other court cases delayed, after the period mentioned above 45 days, EVMS can used for future selection or other purposes such as movement, physical verification of EVMS.
In terms of selection where the selection petition has been submitted, the following actions must be taken: – (i) If EVM is the subject of the election petition, the EVM is used at all voting stations In concerned constituencies will continue to be stored in a detention Man from the district election officer, until then the election petition was finally discarded by the court.
(ii) If EVMS is not an election petition problem, an application can be transferred to the court concerned to enable the related EVM to be feared from a strong space for future selection or other purposes such as movement, physical verification of EVMS etc., “said EC.
said,” because Sequence 27 April SC, the legal period to apply for elections as determined under the representation of the People’s Law, 1951 has also been relaxed.
His right, all EVMS and VVPat belonging to the Indian Election Commission used in the selection of recently blocked assemblies and cannot be used in future / future elections.
“EC said for the election of the assembly next year in five countries, 4.6 EVMS and 4 lakh VVPats will be needed.
It is said to have a 1.4 lakh EVMS stock and one lakh vvpats and therefore will require 3.2 lakh EVMS and 3 lakh vvpats, which used in previous state polls, to conduct next year’s election.
“Therefore, to meet the requirements for the upcoming poll statistics, if EVMS remains trapped in the state / region of Assam, Kerala, NCT from Delhi, Puduchery, Tamil Nadu and West West because of the April 27 ordered by this court, EVMS and VVPat must be shifted from all states / unions in five polls that lead to serious logistics challenges that can also cause postponement of EVS and VVPats first-level checks, ” EC said.
” Wo preparation.
RK to carry out the selection mentioned above, such as the required EVM and VVPats quantity movements must begin in July, 2021 itself so that the first-level examination of EVMS and VVPATS, which is a mandatory process, can be started from the first week of September, 2021, ” said.