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Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) The issue of possible tampering of EVM

(Banwarilal Purohit Vs Vilas Muttemwar has also been raised before the Bombay
and Ors Election Petition No. 1 of 2004) High Court (Nagpur Bench). The
Honorable Bombay High Court (Nagpur
Bench), examined the experts produced
by the petitioner as witness before the
High Court. The order of the Honorable
High Court recorded that the two experts
produced as witnesses admitted that the

hardware and software used in the EVMs
are matters not known to public at large,
or even experts including the witnesses,
and they admitted that the information or
data in the EVMs is not made open
unauthorized.

Bombay High Court Order dated In Election petition No. 15 of 2014, the
23.02.2018 Bombay High Court ordered a detailed
forensic examination of the EVMs from
CFSL, Hyderabad for checking any
manipulation etc. The CFSL report clearly
ruled out any tampering alteration or
manipulation in the EVMs, the report
accepted by Honorable High Court and

Petition dismissed.
Order dated 22.11.2018 In Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1332/2018,
Nyaya Bhoomi & Another Vs ECI,
Honorable Supreme Court dismissed the
petition requesting for return to Ballot
paper system due to reservations and

doubts expressed by many political
parties.
Order dated 05.12.2018 In Writ Petition (Civil) No. 28016/2018
Naresh Saraf Vs ECI & Another Honorable
High Court of Madhya Pradesh expressed
satisfaction at the security & storage
protocols for EVMs and VVPATs
established by the ECI and rejected

petition to give directions for any changes.

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