The Bombay High Court rejected a petition asking voters to carry mobile phones while voting in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The court said that the decision of the Election Commission of India to ban the use of mobile phones at polling stations in the assembly elections is not wrong. The court said that voters do not have the right to use DigiLocker app in their mobile phones to show their identity.
In such a situation, the court rejected the petition filed. Advocate Ujala Yadav had filed a petition regarding taking mobile phones to the voting booth. The case was heard by a division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Amit Borkar. Voting is to be held at polling stations for Maharashtra Assembly elections on 20th November. Regarding this, a petition was filed against the ban on voters carrying mobile phones in the voting booth.
Voting process is not easy
During the hearing of the petition filed, Bombay High Court said that the process of voting is not easy. In such a situation, showing one’s identity at the voting booth through mobile phone one by one is like creating difficulty. In the PIL, the High Court was requested to ask the ECI and the State Election Commission to make the voters take their phones to the voting booth. In the petition, an appeal was made to show your identity proof through the DigiLocker app launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
It was also claimed in the petition that all voters would be discouraged from exercising their franchise. Because arrangements have not been made to collect phones at polling stations. The court has commented on this that voters do not have any such right. The court rejected the petition.
