In which of the following year, the Supreme Court of India has disallowed the use of the Electronic…
In A.C. Jose v. Sivan Pillai (decided on 5 March 1984), the Supreme Court of India disallowed the use of Electronic Voting Machines (used in Parur Assembly constituency in…
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In which of the following year, the Supreme Court of India has disallowed the use of the Electronic Voting Machines in elections on the ground of the Representation of People Act, 1951 for the first time?
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In A.C. Jose v. Sivan Pillai (decided on 5 March 1984), the Supreme Court of India disallowed the use of Electronic Voting Machines (used in Parur Assembly constituency in 1982) in the absence of a specific statutory provision in the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (later added via Section 61A in Dec 1988).
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