❖ The Supreme Court has rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records. 

❖ Also, it refused to direct, return to the previous system of voting through paper ballots.

❖ Only 5% of EVM-VVPAT counts are currently randomly verified in any Assembly constituency.

❖ New checks have been introduced for candidates who have questions over the result.

❖ The direction to preserve the data on the machines for 45 days and a provision to cross-check would strengthen the system and address concerns.

❖ It also gave suggestion of generating party-specific barcodes was articulated