Justice Khanna said the court had rejected all the petitions, including those seeking to resort back to ballot papers in elections. 

The bench had said it needs clarification on certain aspects as there was some confusion over the answers given by the EC to 'frequently asked questions' (FAQs) about EVMs. 

A bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna sought to confirm if the microcontroller used in the poll process is “one-time programmable” or not.

The petitions argued in favour of going back to the ballot box system, as several European countries went back to the traditional system of voting.

A bench headed by Justices Sanjiv Khanna said the plea will be listed next Tuesday or Wednesday after advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, said the matter should be heard urgently.

The Congress party has lauded the Supreme Court's decision to issue notice to the Election Commission and the Centre regarding a plea advocating for a comprehensive count of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.

A bench comprising justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta took note of the submissions of lawyers representing activist Arun Kumar Agrawal seeking a complete count of VVPAT slips in elections as opposed to the verification of only five randomly-selected EVMs through VVPAT paper slips.