New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday clarified that the machine-readable voter list is prohibited, citing a 2019 decision of the Election Commission that followed a Supreme Court judgment on the matter.

Addressing a media briefing in the national capital, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said, "The machine-readable voter list is prohibited. This decision of the Election Commission is after the judgment of the Supreme Court and is from 2019."

"We have to understand the difference between a machine-readable voter list and a searchable voter list. You can search the voter list available on the Election Commission website by entering the EPIC number. You can also download it. This is not called machine-readable. ...