The move to allow e-voting by NRIs got a major push with the Indian government submitting before the Supreme Court that the union cabinet would soon consider a draft bill in this regard before it is tabled in the parliament.
The government is also planning to extend the facility to armed forces personnel and defence personnel and their family serving away from their native place, including abroad.
A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu then directed the government to enable e-voting by NRIs within three months after making necessary amendments to Representation of Peoples Act 1951 which deals with elections in the country.
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