The current system of polling through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) cannot be pulled down without there being any substantial issue of propriety in the process, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday, advocating caution against the perils of reverting to the traditional ballot box system. The Supreme Court said that voting in India is a “humongous task” that may not even be possible for several European countries. (HT photo) A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta cited the sheer size of India’s population and the vast number of voters as key factors, as it heard a clutch of petitions demanding 100% cross-verification of votes cast on EVMs with Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs), just days before the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. At present, the VVPAT-EVM verification is limited to five in each assembly segment of a constituency. Unlock exclusive access to the story of India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Alternatively, the petitions argued in favour of going back to the ballot box system, contending …