The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it will hear a petition from an NGO next week asking for the cross-verification of votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs).

A bench chaired by Justice Sanjiv Khanna has stated that the plea will be heard next Tuesday or Wednesday. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing the NGO, requested immediate attention to the situation, reported PTI.