India, April 10 -- The suburban district collectorate has ordered a "diagnostic check" of a set of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used during the last assembly elections in Mumbai. The order, issued on April 7 by Archana Kadam in her capacity as deputy district returning officer, comes following a Bombay High Court ruling that has allowed the EVMs to be inspected.

The inspection will be carried out by Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), the Bengaluru-based EVM manufacturer, in the presence of senior Congress leader and former minister Arif Naseem Khan, an expert brought in by him, and election officials on April 16 and 17.

Khan had challenged the outcome of his election from the Chandivali assembly constituency in the Bombay High Court. He...