New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to replace Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with ballot papers in elections.

A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the Supreme Court has already dealt with the issue and rejected the prayer to revert to ballot papers.

“The writ petition challenging the use of EVMs in the elections was dismissed by the Supreme Court. [I]n view of the aforesaid. We dismiss the writ petition,” ordered the CJI Upadhyaya-led Bench, while rejecting the petition filed by one Upendra Nath Dalai.

Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma, the law officer representing the Union government, argued that Dalai had earlier been c

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