AmitAnand.ChoudharyNew Delhi: Ruling out any possibility of returning to ballot paper, Supreme Court on Thursday said there was a huge drawback with that system and use of EVMs had stood the test of time with rising voting percentage reflecting voters’ faith in them.As questions were raised on functioning of EVMs and the possibility of them being tampered with, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta asked the petitioners not to be “over-suspicious”. It appreciated the deputy election commissioner’s efforts to explain the working of EVMs, and answer queries. The bench then reserved its verdict.“Ballot paper has a huge drawback. We do not want to even think about it,” the bench said when senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for the EC, said the EVM system must continue.

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