He wrote in his judgment that he had serious doubts about the credentials of the Association of Democratic Reforms, linking it with efforts to weaken India.
The Supreme Court on Thursday (April 18) reserved judgment on a batch of petitions seeking 100% verification of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) data with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit trail.
There has to be sanctity in the electoral process, the Supreme Court told the Election Commission of India today, asking the poll body to explain in detail the steps followed to ensure free and fair polls.
States have argued that despite reservation, some castes are grossly underrepresented in comparison with the so-called dominant Scheduled Castes. They want to create a separate quota for such castes within the SC quota.