The PIL essentially sought an independent audit of the source code of the EVMs and prayed that the audit report be placed in public domain.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra observed that the source code of the software cannot be put in public domain, as it will make the EVMs susceptible to hacking.
“Everything put out in the public domain from the Supreme Court goes through a security check… but the source code cannot be put out in the public domain…you know when it will get hacked,” CJI Chandrachud observed.
The apex court also opined that since the matter involved a policy issue, it was not inclined to interfere.
Source: Barandbench
