By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
CHENNAI, 24 July (asiantribune.com): Madras High Court admitted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the elections filed by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president G. K. Mani today and ordered notice to Election Commission of India (ECI).
The first bench comprising Chief Justice H. L. Gokhale and Mr. Justice D. Murugesan directed the ECI to file counter with in a week.
G. K. Mani submitted in his petition the EVMs can be tampered by anybody, and it was tampered in Tamil Nadu in the last Lok Sabha elections. He said that an expert committee proved the malfunctioning of the EVMs. The petitioner sought as his main prayer the court to direct the Election Commission to withdraw the EVMs in future elections.
The petitioner pleaded the court to appoint an expert committee to ascertain and obtain a report on the functioning of the EVMs. Until the reports submitted to court, Mani wanted a direction to the Election Commission not to use EVMs.
A similar petition filed by Desia Murpoku Diravidar Kazhagam (DMDK) led by actor Vijayakanth was also clubbed together by the Bench. The case has been posted on July 30 for further hearing.
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