The Bombay High Court has ordered forensic examination of all the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used at a booth in Pune during the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections.
Justice Mridula Bhatkar ordered forensic testing of the EVMs on a plea alleging their tampering.
The bench directed Pune’s district collector to send the EVMs from booth number 185 of the Parvati constituency to Hyderabad’s Forensic Science Laboratory to carry out the tests.
The court gave the order while hearing the plea of a Congress candidate, Abhay Chhajed, who had contested from Parvati Assembly constituency but lost the election.
The Congress candidate said he had received much less votes than expected from booth numbers 185 and 242 in the constituency. The court has posted the petition for further hearing on June 20.