The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the pleas challenging the use of EVMs in elections without equipping them with voter verified paper audit trail, VVPAT. <br/><br/>Former Samajwadi Party MP Ataur Rehman has sought directions to the commission to stop the use of electronic voting machines, EVMs without VVPAT forthwith and, instead use ballot paper in any forthcoming election until EVMs are equipped with the provision of VVPAT.<br/><br/>After the Assembly elections earlier this year in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur, many political parties and candidates had raised their voice against the use of EVMs.