The Supreme Court will give its verdict tomorrow on petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of VVPATs with votes punched into electronic voting machines (EVMs).

The verdict will come on a day when voting on 88 seats in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections will be held.

A Bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta will give the verdict around 10.30 am.

The petitioners include the non-profit Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and others.

India gears up for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections with 1,206 candidates vying for victory across 13 states. Kerala will witness voting on all 20 seats, while Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura, and Jammu and Kashmir will also see polling. After this phase, elections will conclude in Kerala, Rajasthan, and Tripura.

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