The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Union government and the Election Commission on a plea to allow voting through electronic means too apart from the existing postal ballots in polls.
A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notice to the Centre and the poll panel on a PIL by K Sathyan.
Advocate Kaleeswaram Raj, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that there should be an extension of postal ballot facility or electronically transmitted postal ballot system to all registered voters like migrant workers, students, NRIs and business people who were stationed outside.
He sought a direction to strike down Section 60 (c) of the Representation of People Act which said "not in other manner" of voting as unconstitutional, illegal, arbitrary and unjust.
The petitioner, a Kerala resident, who identified himself as a political activist said that the electoral roll should be prepared to contain a complete database of registered voters and technological advancements including OTP can be used for allowing such voting.
Published 18 February 2021, 08:16 IST
