The Supreme Court today ordered the Election Commission of India to file an affidavit setting out reasons as to why it is not in favour of physical verification of VVPAT paper trail for more than one polling station per assembly segment.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta directed that the affidavit has to be filed by 4 pm on Thursday this week.

Supreme Court asks Election Commission to file an affidavit by March 28 on why physical verification of VVPAT paper trail should not be extended to more than one polling station per assembly segment. Court to hear the matter on April 1.