Won't accept lame excuses: SC to EC for saying it lost 2023 K'taka vote-counting video. The Supreme Court slammed Election Commission for saying that it couldn't trace video recording of 2023 vote count in Karnataka's Sringeri constituency. "Whatever you have, produce it on...next date...We'll not accept these kinds of lame excuses," it stated. The court was hearing a plea by Congress leader TD Rajegowda, who was unseated following a recount of postal ballots in Sringeri.