NEW DELIH: Praising the Election Commission for conducting successful elections in the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said people across the world envy the way elections are conducted here and dismissed a PIL that sought electoral reforms.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha said, “Why you compare elections in the country with that of other countries? You can’t imagine the scale at which elections are conducted through EVMs across the country.
People, the world over, are envious of the way elections are conducted in the country, it is faster than other countries. Even in the US they are not using EVM machines and in our country it is used across the nation and results are declared within hours.”
The court was hearing a PIL that sought direction to the EC to put in place a mechanism so that voters know antecedents of the candidates before they go to exercise their votes at polling booth as being provided in the UK.
“Values and laws of our country are different from other countries and it cannot be compared. You can’t imagine the scale at which elections are conducted through EVMs across the country. People, the world over, are envious of the way elections are conducted in the country,” the Bench said.