New Delhi, Apr 13: The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission of India on a plea seeking implementation of finger and iris biometric identification at polling stations to curb duplicate voting.
A bench of Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi clarified that the proposal cannot be considered for the ongoing state Assembly elections but needs examination for future polls.
“Whether such a recourse deserves to be followed before the next parliamentary or assembly elections needs to be examined. Issue notice,” the bench observed.
The court sought responses from the Centre, the poll panel and several states on the plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.
The petition said bribery, undue influence, impersonation, duplicate voting and ghost voting continue to affect the integrity of the electoral process. (Agencies)
