Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh High Court, through an interim order on Friday, to the State Election Commission to keep aside the newly launched software application called ‘eWatch’.
The app developed by a private agency on demand from the SEC, was meant to keep a watch on poll-related irregularities. The court posted the next hearing to February 9.
A division bench of Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice Ch. Praveen Kumar heard a batch of petitions challenging the SEC decision to introduce its own app to receive complaints from citizens on irregularities in the gram panchayat polls and detect any violation of the model code of conduct.
The petitioners contended that an app developed by the Election Commission of India and another by the AP Panchayat Raj department were available but surprisingly did not find acceptance with the SEC.
They argued that the app developed for the SEC by a private firm did not having the security certificate required under the…