<p>The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission on a PIL seeking an investigation into charges of tampering of electronic voting machines in the just-concluded Assembly polls.<br /><br />A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice J S Khehar sought a response from the poll panel on the petition filed by Advocate M L Sharma in his personal capacity.<br /><br />Register FIR<br /><br />The PIL also sought to direct the Centre to register an FIR to investigate the tampering of EVMs “for the vested interest by a political party and to file their report before the apex court”. <br /><br />However, the court did not issue any notice to the Centre and others mentioned in the PIL.<br /><br />The plea sought examination of the “quality, software/ malware and hacking effect in EVMs from a reliable electronic lab/scientist and software expert, and to file their report before this court for further action/prosecution”.<br /><br />The PIL claimed that the poll panel had itself admitted that EVMs are tamper-proof only until their technical, mechanical and software details remain a secret.<br /><br />“These details can be detected via reverse engineering by any expert. Wireless device/software can be prepared via reverse engineering, and with their help voting records can be changed in any location and at any time,” the plea claimed.<br /></p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission on a PIL seeking an investigation into charges of tampering of electronic voting machines in the just-concluded Assembly polls.<br /><br />A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice J S Khehar sought a response from the poll panel on the petition filed by Advocate M L Sharma in his personal capacity.<br /><br />Register FIR<br /><br />The PIL also sought to direct the Centre to register an FIR to investigate the tampering of EVMs “for the vested interest by a political party and to file their report before the apex court”. <br /><br />However, the court did not issue any notice to the Centre and others mentioned in the PIL.<br /><br />The plea sought examination of the “quality, software/ malware and hacking effect in EVMs from a reliable electronic lab/scientist and software expert, and to file their report before this court for further action/prosecution”.<br /><br />The PIL claimed that the poll panel had itself admitted that EVMs are tamper-proof only until their technical, mechanical and software details remain a secret.<br /><br />“These details can be detected via reverse engineering by any expert. Wireless device/software can be prepared via reverse engineering, and with their help voting records can be changed in any location and at any time,” the plea claimed.<br /></p>
