New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 11) sought the response of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on pleas seeking directions to the poll body to allow verification of the burnt memory and Symbol Loading Units (SLU) of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in accordance with top court’s last year verdict.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanhiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta, while hearing the pleas, directed the ECI to not erase or reload the data in the EVMs while carrying out the verification and asked it to file its response within 15 days and explain the procedure adopted.

The bench also expressed its displeasure over suppression of the fact relating to a similar petition which........

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