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Amethi Election Officer Says Nothing Wrong With Rahul’s Nomination Papers
The returning officer for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency has declared that nomination papers of the Congress President Rahul Gandhi for the Parliamentary elections...
Omissions of Commission
The ongoing poll campaign has seen senior leaders of national parties violating the Model Code of Conduct with impunity, but the Election Commission has...
Egregious Transgression
Above: As the NaMo TV controversy raged, the BJP admitted that it was a part of a party-financed media blitzkrieg
By Inderjit Badhwar
A constant criticism...
Sadhvi Pragya’s candidature to contest from Bhopal seat challenged
A plea has been filed before the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court opposing Sadhvi Pragya’s candidature to contest from Bhopal seat from BJP.
The...
Selective Punishment for the Merchants of Venom
By Punit Mishra
While the Election Commission’s (EC) ban on four leaders—Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, BSP supremo Mayawati, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and Samajwadi...
Supreme Court Rejects Mayawati’s Plea Against Ban on Her Campaigning
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the BSP chief Mayawati’s plea against the 48-hour ban on her campaigning imposed by the Election Commission (EC)....
Election Commission Bans UP CM Yogi From Campaigning for 72 Hrs, Mayawati ...
Barely hours after it was chastised by the Supreme Court for for its failure to take action against hate speech during the ongoing polls,...
SC directs EC to take a call on release of Modi biopic after watching...
The Supreme Court on Monday directed Election Commission (EC) to watch biopic on PM Narendra Modi and take decision by April 19 as whether...
SC raps EC for not giving details on action against candidates indulging in hate...
The Supreme Court on Monday rebuked the Election Commission (EC) for not giving details of penal action initiated on candidates indulging in hate speeches...
Election Commission: Crisis of Credibility
Even though the Election Commission in a positive move banned Modi’s biopic, it’s been hit by a slew of criticism for turning a blind...
Election Commission: Losing Track
Above: Currency worth Rs 75 lakh seized by the Punjab police during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls/Photo: UNI
Seizure of unaccounted for cash and other...
Supreme Court To Take Up Plea Challenging EC Ban on Modi Biopic on April...
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea challenging the Election Commission’s (EC) ban on the release “PM Narendra Modi”, a biopic on...
SC to pass order on Friday whether electoral bonds are valid or not
The Supreme Court will pass an order on the validity of electoral bonds scheme on Friday. The court on Thursday heard the arguments from...
SC tells political parties who have received donations through electoral bonds to submit donation...
In an interim order, the Supreme Court on Friday asked all the political parties who have received donations through electoral bonds to submit in...
Election Commission Says No To Modi Biopic, Says Film Release Only After Polls Over
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday has put a stop to the release of the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi until the general...
CBDT Chief, Revenue Secretary Meet Poll Commission, Explain Raids
CBDT Chairman PC Mody and Revenue Secretary AB Pandey on Tuesday met the Election Commission (EC) in connection with the raids over the past...
Terming It “Premature” SC Dismisses Plea for Stay on PM Modi Biopic
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the release of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The apex court...
Retd civil servants raise hackles over Model Code of Conduct being violated by BJP
A group of retired civil servants has written letter to the President Ram Nath Kovind raising serious concerns on the Model Code of Conduct...
Hike VVPAT sampling One Booth To Five In Every Assembly Segment: SC TO EC
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to increase the random sampling of VVPAT slips from one booth per assembly segment to five...
Different Rules For Rulers And The Ruled
In taking vital decisions, is the Election Commission of India getting influenced by the political exigencies of the ruling BJP ?
By R K Mishra
The...
SC tells opposition parties to file response on EC affidavit seeking continuation of present...
The Supreme Court on Monday (Mar 1) told 21 opposition parties seeking 50 per cent VVPAT count to file their replies by April 8...
Increasing Verification of VVPAT Will Delay Poll Results By Six Months: EC
The Election Commission On Friday said it that verification of 50 percent of the votes cast in the Lok Sabha elections using the Voter verified...
Supreme Court To Hear In April Plea Seeking Top Restrain Candidates From Contesting more...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for after two weeks a plea seeking a ban on a candidate contesting an election from more than...
Poll Body Asks Aviation, Railway Ministries Why PM Modi’s Pics Are On Boarding Passes
The Election Commission has asked the Ministry of Railways & Ministry of Civil Aviation to explain why the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
You Are Not Recognised, Can’t Allot “Pressure Cooker” Symbol, SC Tells Dinakaran’s AIADMK Faction
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to direct the Election Commission to issue common symbol “pressure cooker” to the TTV Dinakaran faction of the...
SC asks EC to consider increasing the numbers of VVPATs per constituency
The apex court on March 25 (Monday) asked the Election Commission (EC) to consider increasing the numbers of VVPATs per constituency/ polling station and...
Rein Them in
The Election Commission has sought action from the Bar Council of Delhi against two law firms for advertising their services inappropriately
The Bar Council of...
Supreme Court Issues Notice to Election Commission on AIADMK Party Symbol Claim
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Election Commission on petitions filed by breakaway AIADMK leaders TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging...
SC issues notice to Election Commission, asks whether 50 percent EVM results can be...
The Supreme Court on Friday (Mar 15) issued notice to Election Commission and sought reply on the plea of 21 opposition parties seeking direction...
Sabarimala is Social, Not Religious Issue, Can Be Used for Poll Campaign; Kerala EC
Following furious protests, mainly from the BJP and even sections of the Congress party, the Chief Electoral officer of Kerala has said that there...
Election Commission announces polling schedule for 2019 Lok Sabha elections; to be held in...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced polling dates for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. The poll panel said that the elections...
Kejriwal Petition Against EC Adjourned To Friday
The Delhi High Court has adjourned till Friday a petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against the Election Commission of India which...
SC seeks EC response on autonomous audit review of software products related to EVM,...
The Supreme Court on Friday (Feb 22) sought response from Election Commission of India on a plea seeking direction for the government to carry...
CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra appointed Election Commissioner
CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra was on Thursday appointed election commissioner. Chandra will join the three-member poll panel comprising Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and...
Setback for Dhinakaran as SC refuses to grant his party poll symbol
Delhi High Court had last year directed the Election Commission to allot a ‘pressure cooker’ poll symbol to AIADMK breakaway faction led by Dhinakaran
In...
EC Says No To Pressure Cooker Symbol For TTV Dhinakaran’s AMMK
The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court that it cannot allot the symbol of “pressure cooker” to the AMMK leader T T V...
Model Code Should be Extended to New Media
Above: The EC had sent Rahul Gandhi a notice after he gave an interview a day prior to the final phase of voting in...
Aadhaar-Voter ID: “No Linking of Both Cards”
Despite a plea for urgent listing of matter seeking linking of Aadhaar with Voter ID to prevent bogus voting, the Court dismissed it
The apex...
SC seeks reply from EC, Centre on tallying of VVPAT
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Centre and the Election Commission (EC) to file response on a PIL seeking direction to the poll panel...
Election Commission: Be Free, Be Fair
Above: The Election Commission’s role in ensuring free and fair polls has been challenged in recent times/Photo: Anil Shakya
A recent petition in the Court...
SC dismisses 2 PILs seeking to rein in netas from vandalism, misusing religion in...
Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took a stern view of both petitions, said he wasn’t inclined to entertain them
The Supreme Court, on...
Plea seeking collegium for appointing Election Commissioners sent to Constitution Bench
Petitioners had challenged the lack of transparency in the appointment of election commissioners and sought guidelines for the process
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday (October...
2019 Semi-finals: EC announces MP, Raj, CG, Telangana and Mizoram poll dates
Elections a big test for BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, will also test whether Congress’ ambition of a grand alliance will...
Advertorials and News: Paid and Puffed
Above: The Election Commission of India/Photo: Anil Shakya
In a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court, the Election Commission has said that repeated laudatory...
Criminal candidates: SC rules criminal matters pending must be mentioned in bold letter in...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Election Commission of India (ECI) to change the format of the form filled by candidates for contesting the...
Fake Voters: Free and Fake Franchise?
Above: Photo by Anil Shakya
The apex court snub to the Election Commission over sharing the voters’ lists with the Congress leaders is a...
Conduct of Elections: No to NOTA
The Supreme Court has ruled that though this option may be “an elixir” in direct polls, it could undermine the purity of democracy if...
SC seeks EC and Madhya Pradesh election commission reply on random verification of VVPAT...
The apex court on Thursday (August 23) sought a response from Election Commission of India and Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission on a plea...
EVMs: A Question of Credibility
Above: A poll official explains the working of an EVM to his colleagues in Amritsar/Photo: UNI
Despite demand for paper ballots and tampering claims...
20 AAP MLAs wants original complainant to be questioned by EC; Delhi HC refers...
Originally disqualified by Election Commission of India (ECI) for holding “Office of Profit”, AAP MLAs have now petitioned the Delhi High Court to also...
Bihar EC issues notice to DMs, District Election Officers on recent transfer of BDOs
The State Election Commission, Bihar has issued notice to District Magistrates and District Election Officers on the recent transfer of 358 Block Development Officers...
DELHI DURBAR
For a Richer Harvest
With elections due for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assemblies in November this year, the Congress party is hoping that...
Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from personal appearance in poll case
The Delhi High Court on Monday (May 28) granted exemption to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance in Patiala House court till the...
The Floor Test Challenge
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
~By Dilip Bobb
It was I & B Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore who kicked things off with his fitness challenge, posting photos...
AIADMK Imbroglio: Court Intrigues?
While the Madras High Court has reserved its order on the disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs, it has dismissed a similar petition from the...
Delhi HC sets aside EC disqualification of BJP’s Madhya Pradesh minister Narrotam Mishra
A Delhi High Court division bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhatt and Sunil Gaur on Friday (May 18) set aside the Election Commission’s (EC)...
SC overturns Calcutta HC order, says panchayat polls in state to be held on...
Top court also orders that poll results of those constituencies at which opposition candidates could not file nomination will not be published
The Supreme Court...
Karnataka elections: SC postpones hearing on allegation of religious bias in Congress manifesto
Above: Pramod Muthalik
The apex court on Thursday (May 10) told a petitioner that it was not inclined to hear his plea which sought...
Impeachment Dilemma: Wrong Man for Wrong Job
Above: (L to R) Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal and CPI leader D Raja at a press meet on the CJI...
Govt files strong objection to full autonomy plea at SC by Election Commission
The Union government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, protesting the demand of full autonomy made by the election Commission of India...
DELHI DURBAR
Jumping the Gun
The Election Commission has been left red-faced after some political social media sites and television news channels announced the dates of the...
BJP MLA asks why AAP’s Gahlot is still in Assembly despite being disqualified; Delhi...
BJP MLA Vijender Gupta has moved the Delhi High Court against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party for allowing disqualified member Kailash Gahlot to attend...
Delhi HC directs EC to allot “pressure cooker” symbol to TTV Dhinakaran
Above: TTV Dhinakaran (file pic)
The Delhi High Court on Friday (March 9) directed Election Commission of India (ECI) to allot pressure cooker symbol...
AAP MLAs’ disqualification hearing continues
Above: AAP MLAs leaving the Election Commission’s office (file picture)/Photo: UNI
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar is...
AAP MLAs’ disqualification: Delhi HC hears the specific rules on office of profit
Above: AAP MLAs leave the Election Commission office. Photo: UNI
The case of the 20 AAP MLAs’ disqualification by the Election Commission (EC) for holding...
Election Commission’s Powers: Give More Autonomy
Above: Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat (in grey suit) along with Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa in New Delhi. Photo: PIB
A petition...
AAP MLAs’ disqualification: There was no pecuniary gain for the MLAs, argues MLAs’ counsel
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar on Tuesday (February 13), listening to Alka Lamba’s petition for the 20 AAP MLAs...
By polls for Gorakhpur, Phulpur, Araria LS seats on March 11: EC
Almost a year after the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies were vacated by BJP’s Yogi Adityanath and Keshav Prasad Maurya – the former...
Hearing of 20 disqualified AAP MLAs begins
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar on Wednesday (February 7) started hearing the appeals by the 20 Aam...
Two leaf symbol case: Delhi HC seeks counter replies
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (February 6) directed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and Election Commission of...
EC suggests 5 amendments to Constitution for simultaneous polls
Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat, Photo Credit: Agencies
Election Commission backs proposal for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls but says 5 Articles under the...
Delhi HC division bench to start hearing AAP MLAs’ case on February 7
The disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs in the office of profit case by President Ram Nath Kovind has been “challenged” and has come to...
Delhi HC seeks reply from EC on Dhinakaran’s plea for interim election symbol
Above: T T V Dhinakaran
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 24) issued notice to Election Commission of India (ECI) on the plea...
AAP MLAs disqualification row: Delhi HC tells EC not to initiate by-poll process
A division bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and AK Chawla of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 24), issued notices to the Election Commission...
AAP files fresh petition before Delhi HC on MLAs disqualification
In an expected move, the 20 former Aam Aadmi Party legislators who lost their seats in the State Assembly last week after President Ram...
Manipulating Indecisive Voters
Above: Exit polls of the 2013 Chhattisgarh elections being telecast on NDTV
Can a plea to regulate such polls which impact voter behaviour and which...
EC recommends disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs: Reports
Above: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (file picture)/Photo: UNI
If the President accepts the Election Commission’s recommendation, AAP’s strength in 70-member Delhi Assembly will be...
VVPATs will be used for elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland
The election dates for the three North-Eastern states — Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were announced by the Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti on...
Did Facebook help Modi create Troll Armies, influence voters in 2014 polls?
By Shelley Kasli
A recent Bloomberg report has revealed how a secret unit of Facebook has helped create troll armies for governments around the world including...
Delhi HC dismisses bail plea of a middleman, arrested in EC bribery case
Above: Delhi High Court/Photo: Anil Shakya
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Mukta Gupta on Thursday (January 11) dismissed the bail plea of...
Magic Carpet Ride
~By Dilip Bobb
There’s magic in the air these days, and Gogia Pasha and PC Sarkar, both lamentably late, have nothing to do with...
Congress hits out at EC over Modi’s roadshow as voting draws to a close...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road show in Ahmedabad amid second phase of Gujarat polling irks Congress; Chidambaram lashes out at Election Commission
As Gujarat went...
Criminalisation in Politics: Life Ban is Excessive
Above: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is facing a slew of corruption cases whereas AIADMK leader Sasikala was convicted in a disproportionate...
Delhi HC defers Kejriwal’s plea challenging ECI’s censure order during Goa polls
Above: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: UNI
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Indermeet Kaur on Monday (November 13) heard the plea of...
Election duty: SC directs ECI to not appoint any officer against whom probe is...
Above: A man casting his vote inside a polling booth in India. Photo: UNI
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices...
Delhi Durbar
Rahul’s Rising Graph
His elevation as president of the Congress in a few days could not have had a better prelude. In the past six...
Modi set to inaugurate big ticket projects in Gujarat on Sunday
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at Gujarat Gaurav Maha Sammelan in Gandhinagar (file picture). Photo: UNI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be...
Ex-CEC Krishnamurthy questions EC on Gujarat poll schedule delay
TS Krishnamurthy joins Opposition chorus questioning why poll panel announced schedule for Himachal Pradesh elections but not for Gujarat
Former Chief Election Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy...
AIADMK Poll Symbol: Turning Into a New Leaf?
The battle for the “Two Leaves” symbol by this party’s factions has gone right up to the apex court and could well decide future...
Old case of Buddhist Chakma refugees back in Supreme Court
Above: All India Chakma Students’ Union staging a demonstration in New Delhi against oppression and racial discrimination of Chakma refugees. Photo: UNI
Waiting to find...
Simultaneous Polls: Desirable But Not Feasible
Above: A polling officer applies ink mark on the finger of a voter at a polling station in Bihar. Photo: UNI
While such an exercise...
Disqualified BJP minister says insertions in media were advertorials
Above: MP minister Narottam Mishra (left) was disqualified by the Election Commission on charges of paid news. Photo: UNI
The Delhi High Court bench of...
Electoral Funding: Dubious Sources Thrive
ABove: Satya Electoral Trust and the General Electoral Trust are among the biggest contributors of funds to political parties. No information about their contributors...
Sasikala’s Post: Judicial Breather
Above: VN Sasikala, general secretary of the AIADMK. Photo: UNI
The Supreme Court gave relief to the AIADMK leader when it dismissed a petition asking...
RTI reveals mysterious thefts of EVMs; no effort at investigation by EC
Above: Officials inspecting the EVMs before elections. Photo: UNI
Why would anybody steal an EVM if not to tamper with it? EC’s claim of EVMs...
EC files reply to SC on safety of EVMs
A petition had been filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma in connection with the issue of tampering of EVMs. As per the petitioner, since...
Panama Papers case: Pakistani SC orders Nawaz Sharif out of office
Above: The Supreme Court of Pakistan said that Nawaz Sharif was unfit to hold office, as he had been dishonest to Parliament. Photo: UNI
Wonder...
NRI voting format: SC adjourns matter, but Centre okay in principle
Above: The centre had accepted the EC recommendations on voting options for NRIs. Photo: PIB
The petition for exploring feasibility of alternative options for voting...
Election Commission: Call a Spade a Spade
The apex court has sought a law for the appointment of Election Commissioners as the present system is arbitrary and non-transparent and can’t be...
Paid News: Political Faux Pas
Above: MP’s Minister of Public Relations Narottam Mishra welcoming President Pranab Mukjherjee on his arrival at Datia in June this year. Photo: UNI
In a first...
Case against Shiromani Akali Dal resurfaces at Delhi HC
Above: Former Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal (third from left) and others participating in a function to lay the foundation stone for November 1984...
EC’s EVM hackathon a damp squib
Not much was expected from the Election Commission’s (EC) EVM hackathon, and not much did come out of it at the EC office on...
Uttarakhand High Court stays EC’s EVM hackathon
June 3 was the slated date of the Election Commission’s (EC) EVM challenge. Already, the event had come under the scanner as impractical and untenable....
Writ against Election Commission’s EVM Challenge
A writ petition has been filed in the High Court of Uttarakhand claiming that the Election Commission’s (EC) EVM Challenge, to be held on June...
PREGNANT PROBLEM OF POWER
~By Inderjit Badhwar
Following the BJP’s stunning electoral victory in Uttar Pradesh, several politicians and public figures have raised the issue of rigged electronic voting...
EC allots names & symbols to AIADMK factions
The Tamil Nadu scenario has finally gotten as weird as it possibly could. The original J Jayalalithaa-owned AIADMK symbol of “two leaves” was frozen...
You can’t continue breaking rules and then expect EC to do policing later: MS...
MANOHAR SINGH GILL served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India from 1996 to 2001. His major achievement has been the introduction of Electronic...
Does the EC have enough teeth to punish errant candidates?
The recent India Legal show tried to analyse the effect of powers vested with the poll watchdog
As election fever rises during assembly polls in...
Law vs Unbridled Power
Any executive order requires parliamentary approval in a democracy for it to have legal validity
~Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
Liberal democracy, as it is understood in...
EC puts brakes on FM’s Budget Speech
The commission has instructed the centre that there should be no mention of plans or work done in states going to polls this year...
Akhilesh Group Gets Thumbs-Up; Rides Bicycle
Akhilesh group submitted affidavits of all its supporters to the Election Commission while Mulayam group submitted none
By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
Why did Akhilesh Singh...
CAN EC INTERFERE IN BUDGET?
The recent India Legal show deliberated on whether the Union Budget should be postponed in the light of assembly elections in five states, starting...
Jan 10 deadline for govt on EC query
Election Commission seeks centre's response on Budget postponement demanded by opposition parties
By Sujit Bhar
The Election Commission (EC) has now acted on the appeal by...
Should Budget be postponed?
Political parties opposed to the BJP fear that the sops announced may favour the party in the assembly polls commencing from February 4. But...
EC sounds poll bugle in five states
Seven phases in UP polls, two in Manipur, and a single phase for Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand
The Election Commission has announced the polling dates...
Kejriwal’s Dented Image: Will It Affect Forthcoming Polls?
The Delhi CM’s ding-dong battle with Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung and others have often seen him vanquished. Will this have an impact on the forthcoming...
Petition in EC for Omar’s disqualification
In 2010, the Supreme Court had come down heavily on persons filing frivolous PILs and set out guidelines for filing them in State of...
Election Commission announces poll dates for five states
The Election Commission today announced poll dates for four states and one union territory that go to polls in April-May, 2016. While elections will...
SUPREME COURT
Courts need to be seen as working in public interest and upholding the confidence of the common man in the judicial process.
Bull’s eye judgment
You can no longer take...
'election commission' - 119 News Results
Amethi Election Officer Says Nothing Wrong With Rahul’s Nomination Papers
The returning officer for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency has declared that nomination papers of the Congress President Rahul Gandhi for the Parliamentary elections...
Omissions of Commission
The ongoing poll campaign has seen senior leaders of national parties violating the Model Code of Conduct with impunity, but the Election Commission has...
Egregious Transgression
Above: As the NaMo TV controversy raged, the BJP admitted that it was a part of a party-financed media blitzkrieg
By Inderjit Badhwar
A constant criticism...
Sadhvi Pragya’s candidature to contest from Bhopal seat challenged
A plea has been filed before the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court opposing Sadhvi Pragya’s candidature to contest from Bhopal seat from BJP.
The...
Selective Punishment for the Merchants of Venom
By Punit Mishra
While the Election Commission’s (EC) ban on four leaders—Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, BSP supremo Mayawati, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and Samajwadi...
Supreme Court Rejects Mayawati’s Plea Against Ban on Her Campaigning
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the BSP chief Mayawati’s plea against the 48-hour ban on her campaigning imposed by the Election Commission (EC)....
Election Commission Bans UP CM Yogi From Campaigning for 72 Hrs, Mayawati ...
Barely hours after it was chastised by the Supreme Court for for its failure to take action against hate speech during the ongoing polls,...
SC directs EC to take a call on release of Modi biopic after watching...
The Supreme Court on Monday directed Election Commission (EC) to watch biopic on PM Narendra Modi and take decision by April 19 as whether...
SC raps EC for not giving details on action against candidates indulging in hate...
The Supreme Court on Monday rebuked the Election Commission (EC) for not giving details of penal action initiated on candidates indulging in hate speeches...
Election Commission: Crisis of Credibility
Even though the Election Commission in a positive move banned Modi’s biopic, it’s been hit by a slew of criticism for turning a blind...
Election Commission: Losing Track
Above: Currency worth Rs 75 lakh seized by the Punjab police during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls/Photo: UNI
Seizure of unaccounted for cash and other...
Supreme Court To Take Up Plea Challenging EC Ban on Modi Biopic on April...
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea challenging the Election Commission’s (EC) ban on the release “PM Narendra Modi”, a biopic on...
SC to pass order on Friday whether electoral bonds are valid or not
The Supreme Court will pass an order on the validity of electoral bonds scheme on Friday. The court on Thursday heard the arguments from...
SC tells political parties who have received donations through electoral bonds to submit donation...
In an interim order, the Supreme Court on Friday asked all the political parties who have received donations through electoral bonds to submit in...
Election Commission Says No To Modi Biopic, Says Film Release Only After Polls Over
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday has put a stop to the release of the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi until the general...
CBDT Chief, Revenue Secretary Meet Poll Commission, Explain Raids
CBDT Chairman PC Mody and Revenue Secretary AB Pandey on Tuesday met the Election Commission (EC) in connection with the raids over the past...
Terming It “Premature” SC Dismisses Plea for Stay on PM Modi Biopic
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the release of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The apex court...
Retd civil servants raise hackles over Model Code of Conduct being violated by BJP
A group of retired civil servants has written letter to the President Ram Nath Kovind raising serious concerns on the Model Code of Conduct...
Hike VVPAT sampling One Booth To Five In Every Assembly Segment: SC TO EC
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to increase the random sampling of VVPAT slips from one booth per assembly segment to five...
Different Rules For Rulers And The Ruled
In taking vital decisions, is the Election Commission of India getting influenced by the political exigencies of the ruling BJP ?
By R K Mishra
The...
SC tells opposition parties to file response on EC affidavit seeking continuation of present...
The Supreme Court on Monday (Mar 1) told 21 opposition parties seeking 50 per cent VVPAT count to file their replies by April 8...
Increasing Verification of VVPAT Will Delay Poll Results By Six Months: EC
The Election Commission On Friday said it that verification of 50 percent of the votes cast in the Lok Sabha elections using the Voter verified...
Supreme Court To Hear In April Plea Seeking Top Restrain Candidates From Contesting more...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for after two weeks a plea seeking a ban on a candidate contesting an election from more than...
Poll Body Asks Aviation, Railway Ministries Why PM Modi’s Pics Are On Boarding Passes
The Election Commission has asked the Ministry of Railways & Ministry of Civil Aviation to explain why the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
You Are Not Recognised, Can’t Allot “Pressure Cooker” Symbol, SC Tells Dinakaran’s AIADMK Faction
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to direct the Election Commission to issue common symbol “pressure cooker” to the TTV Dinakaran faction of the...
SC asks EC to consider increasing the numbers of VVPATs per constituency
The apex court on March 25 (Monday) asked the Election Commission (EC) to consider increasing the numbers of VVPATs per constituency/ polling station and...
Rein Them in
The Election Commission has sought action from the Bar Council of Delhi against two law firms for advertising their services inappropriately
The Bar Council of...
Supreme Court Issues Notice to Election Commission on AIADMK Party Symbol Claim
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Election Commission on petitions filed by breakaway AIADMK leaders TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging...
SC issues notice to Election Commission, asks whether 50 percent EVM results can be...
The Supreme Court on Friday (Mar 15) issued notice to Election Commission and sought reply on the plea of 21 opposition parties seeking direction...
Sabarimala is Social, Not Religious Issue, Can Be Used for Poll Campaign; Kerala EC
Following furious protests, mainly from the BJP and even sections of the Congress party, the Chief Electoral officer of Kerala has said that there...
Election Commission announces polling schedule for 2019 Lok Sabha elections; to be held in...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced polling dates for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. The poll panel said that the elections...
Kejriwal Petition Against EC Adjourned To Friday
The Delhi High Court has adjourned till Friday a petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against the Election Commission of India which...
SC seeks EC response on autonomous audit review of software products related to EVM,...
The Supreme Court on Friday (Feb 22) sought response from Election Commission of India on a plea seeking direction for the government to carry...
CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra appointed Election Commissioner
CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra was on Thursday appointed election commissioner. Chandra will join the three-member poll panel comprising Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and...
Setback for Dhinakaran as SC refuses to grant his party poll symbol
Delhi High Court had last year directed the Election Commission to allot a ‘pressure cooker’ poll symbol to AIADMK breakaway faction led by Dhinakaran
In...
EC Says No To Pressure Cooker Symbol For TTV Dhinakaran’s AMMK
The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court that it cannot allot the symbol of “pressure cooker” to the AMMK leader T T V...
Model Code Should be Extended to New Media
Above: The EC had sent Rahul Gandhi a notice after he gave an interview a day prior to the final phase of voting in...
Aadhaar-Voter ID: “No Linking of Both Cards”
Despite a plea for urgent listing of matter seeking linking of Aadhaar with Voter ID to prevent bogus voting, the Court dismissed it
The apex...
SC seeks reply from EC, Centre on tallying of VVPAT
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Centre and the Election Commission (EC) to file response on a PIL seeking direction to the poll panel...
Election Commission: Be Free, Be Fair
Above: The Election Commission’s role in ensuring free and fair polls has been challenged in recent times/Photo: Anil Shakya
A recent petition in the Court...
SC dismisses 2 PILs seeking to rein in netas from vandalism, misusing religion in...
Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took a stern view of both petitions, said he wasn’t inclined to entertain them
The Supreme Court, on...
Plea seeking collegium for appointing Election Commissioners sent to Constitution Bench
Petitioners had challenged the lack of transparency in the appointment of election commissioners and sought guidelines for the process
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday (October...
2019 Semi-finals: EC announces MP, Raj, CG, Telangana and Mizoram poll dates
Elections a big test for BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, will also test whether Congress’ ambition of a grand alliance will...
Advertorials and News: Paid and Puffed
Above: The Election Commission of India/Photo: Anil Shakya
In a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court, the Election Commission has said that repeated laudatory...
Criminal candidates: SC rules criminal matters pending must be mentioned in bold letter in...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Election Commission of India (ECI) to change the format of the form filled by candidates for contesting the...
Fake Voters: Free and Fake Franchise?
Above: Photo by Anil Shakya
The apex court snub to the Election Commission over sharing the voters’ lists with the Congress leaders is a...
Conduct of Elections: No to NOTA
The Supreme Court has ruled that though this option may be “an elixir” in direct polls, it could undermine the purity of democracy if...
SC seeks EC and Madhya Pradesh election commission reply on random verification of VVPAT...
The apex court on Thursday (August 23) sought a response from Election Commission of India and Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission on a plea...
EVMs: A Question of Credibility
Above: A poll official explains the working of an EVM to his colleagues in Amritsar/Photo: UNI
Despite demand for paper ballots and tampering claims...
20 AAP MLAs wants original complainant to be questioned by EC; Delhi HC refers...
Originally disqualified by Election Commission of India (ECI) for holding “Office of Profit”, AAP MLAs have now petitioned the Delhi High Court to also...
Bihar EC issues notice to DMs, District Election Officers on recent transfer of BDOs
The State Election Commission, Bihar has issued notice to District Magistrates and District Election Officers on the recent transfer of 358 Block Development Officers...
DELHI DURBAR
For a Richer Harvest
With elections due for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assemblies in November this year, the Congress party is hoping that...
Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from personal appearance in poll case
The Delhi High Court on Monday (May 28) granted exemption to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance in Patiala House court till the...
The Floor Test Challenge
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
~By Dilip Bobb
It was I & B Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore who kicked things off with his fitness challenge, posting photos...
AIADMK Imbroglio: Court Intrigues?
While the Madras High Court has reserved its order on the disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs, it has dismissed a similar petition from the...
Delhi HC sets aside EC disqualification of BJP’s Madhya Pradesh minister Narrotam Mishra
A Delhi High Court division bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhatt and Sunil Gaur on Friday (May 18) set aside the Election Commission’s (EC)...
SC overturns Calcutta HC order, says panchayat polls in state to be held on...
Top court also orders that poll results of those constituencies at which opposition candidates could not file nomination will not be published
The Supreme Court...
Karnataka elections: SC postpones hearing on allegation of religious bias in Congress manifesto
Above: Pramod Muthalik
The apex court on Thursday (May 10) told a petitioner that it was not inclined to hear his plea which sought...
Impeachment Dilemma: Wrong Man for Wrong Job
Above: (L to R) Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal and CPI leader D Raja at a press meet on the CJI...
Govt files strong objection to full autonomy plea at SC by Election Commission
The Union government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, protesting the demand of full autonomy made by the election Commission of India...
DELHI DURBAR
Jumping the Gun
The Election Commission has been left red-faced after some political social media sites and television news channels announced the dates of the...
BJP MLA asks why AAP’s Gahlot is still in Assembly despite being disqualified; Delhi...
BJP MLA Vijender Gupta has moved the Delhi High Court against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party for allowing disqualified member Kailash Gahlot to attend...
Delhi HC directs EC to allot “pressure cooker” symbol to TTV Dhinakaran
Above: TTV Dhinakaran (file pic)
The Delhi High Court on Friday (March 9) directed Election Commission of India (ECI) to allot pressure cooker symbol...
AAP MLAs’ disqualification hearing continues
Above: AAP MLAs leaving the Election Commission’s office (file picture)/Photo: UNI
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar is...
AAP MLAs’ disqualification: Delhi HC hears the specific rules on office of profit
Above: AAP MLAs leave the Election Commission office. Photo: UNI
The case of the 20 AAP MLAs’ disqualification by the Election Commission (EC) for holding...
Election Commission’s Powers: Give More Autonomy
Above: Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat (in grey suit) along with Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa in New Delhi. Photo: PIB
A petition...
AAP MLAs’ disqualification: There was no pecuniary gain for the MLAs, argues MLAs’ counsel
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar on Tuesday (February 13), listening to Alka Lamba’s petition for the 20 AAP MLAs...
By polls for Gorakhpur, Phulpur, Araria LS seats on March 11: EC
Almost a year after the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies were vacated by BJP’s Yogi Adityanath and Keshav Prasad Maurya – the former...
Hearing of 20 disqualified AAP MLAs begins
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar on Wednesday (February 7) started hearing the appeals by the 20 Aam...
Two leaf symbol case: Delhi HC seeks counter replies
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (February 6) directed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and Election Commission of...
EC suggests 5 amendments to Constitution for simultaneous polls
Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat, Photo Credit: Agencies
Election Commission backs proposal for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls but says 5 Articles under the...
Delhi HC division bench to start hearing AAP MLAs’ case on February 7
The disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs in the office of profit case by President Ram Nath Kovind has been “challenged” and has come to...
Delhi HC seeks reply from EC on Dhinakaran’s plea for interim election symbol
Above: T T V Dhinakaran
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 24) issued notice to Election Commission of India (ECI) on the plea...
AAP MLAs disqualification row: Delhi HC tells EC not to initiate by-poll process
A division bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and AK Chawla of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 24), issued notices to the Election Commission...
AAP files fresh petition before Delhi HC on MLAs disqualification
In an expected move, the 20 former Aam Aadmi Party legislators who lost their seats in the State Assembly last week after President Ram...
Manipulating Indecisive Voters
Above: Exit polls of the 2013 Chhattisgarh elections being telecast on NDTV
Can a plea to regulate such polls which impact voter behaviour and which...
EC recommends disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs: Reports
Above: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (file picture)/Photo: UNI
If the President accepts the Election Commission’s recommendation, AAP’s strength in 70-member Delhi Assembly will be...
VVPATs will be used for elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland
The election dates for the three North-Eastern states — Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were announced by the Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti on...
Did Facebook help Modi create Troll Armies, influence voters in 2014 polls?
By Shelley Kasli
A recent Bloomberg report has revealed how a secret unit of Facebook has helped create troll armies for governments around the world including...
Delhi HC dismisses bail plea of a middleman, arrested in EC bribery case
Above: Delhi High Court/Photo: Anil Shakya
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Mukta Gupta on Thursday (January 11) dismissed the bail plea of...
Magic Carpet Ride
~By Dilip Bobb
There’s magic in the air these days, and Gogia Pasha and PC Sarkar, both lamentably late, have nothing to do with...
Congress hits out at EC over Modi’s roadshow as voting draws to a close...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road show in Ahmedabad amid second phase of Gujarat polling irks Congress; Chidambaram lashes out at Election Commission
As Gujarat went...
Criminalisation in Politics: Life Ban is Excessive
Above: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is facing a slew of corruption cases whereas AIADMK leader Sasikala was convicted in a disproportionate...
Delhi HC defers Kejriwal’s plea challenging ECI’s censure order during Goa polls
Above: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: UNI
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Indermeet Kaur on Monday (November 13) heard the plea of...
Election duty: SC directs ECI to not appoint any officer against whom probe is...
Above: A man casting his vote inside a polling booth in India. Photo: UNI
The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices...
Delhi Durbar
Rahul’s Rising Graph
His elevation as president of the Congress in a few days could not have had a better prelude. In the past six...
Modi set to inaugurate big ticket projects in Gujarat on Sunday
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at Gujarat Gaurav Maha Sammelan in Gandhinagar (file picture). Photo: UNI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be...
Ex-CEC Krishnamurthy questions EC on Gujarat poll schedule delay
TS Krishnamurthy joins Opposition chorus questioning why poll panel announced schedule for Himachal Pradesh elections but not for Gujarat
Former Chief Election Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy...
AIADMK Poll Symbol: Turning Into a New Leaf?
The battle for the “Two Leaves” symbol by this party’s factions has gone right up to the apex court and could well decide future...
Old case of Buddhist Chakma refugees back in Supreme Court
Above: All India Chakma Students’ Union staging a demonstration in New Delhi against oppression and racial discrimination of Chakma refugees. Photo: UNI
Waiting to find...
Simultaneous Polls: Desirable But Not Feasible
Above: A polling officer applies ink mark on the finger of a voter at a polling station in Bihar. Photo: UNI
While such an exercise...
Disqualified BJP minister says insertions in media were advertorials
Above: MP minister Narottam Mishra (left) was disqualified by the Election Commission on charges of paid news. Photo: UNI
The Delhi High Court bench of...
Electoral Funding: Dubious Sources Thrive
ABove: Satya Electoral Trust and the General Electoral Trust are among the biggest contributors of funds to political parties. No information about their contributors...
Sasikala’s Post: Judicial Breather
Above: VN Sasikala, general secretary of the AIADMK. Photo: UNI
The Supreme Court gave relief to the AIADMK leader when it dismissed a petition asking...
RTI reveals mysterious thefts of EVMs; no effort at investigation by EC
Above: Officials inspecting the EVMs before elections. Photo: UNI
Why would anybody steal an EVM if not to tamper with it? EC’s claim of EVMs...
EC files reply to SC on safety of EVMs
A petition had been filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma in connection with the issue of tampering of EVMs. As per the petitioner, since...
Panama Papers case: Pakistani SC orders Nawaz Sharif out of office
Above: The Supreme Court of Pakistan said that Nawaz Sharif was unfit to hold office, as he had been dishonest to Parliament. Photo: UNI
Wonder...
NRI voting format: SC adjourns matter, but Centre okay in principle
Above: The centre had accepted the EC recommendations on voting options for NRIs. Photo: PIB
The petition for exploring feasibility of alternative options for voting...
Election Commission: Call a Spade a Spade
The apex court has sought a law for the appointment of Election Commissioners as the present system is arbitrary and non-transparent and can’t be...
Paid News: Political Faux Pas
Above: MP’s Minister of Public Relations Narottam Mishra welcoming President Pranab Mukjherjee on his arrival at Datia in June this year. Photo: UNI
In a first...
Case against Shiromani Akali Dal resurfaces at Delhi HC
Above: Former Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal (third from left) and others participating in a function to lay the foundation stone for November 1984...
EC’s EVM hackathon a damp squib
Not much was expected from the Election Commission’s (EC) EVM hackathon, and not much did come out of it at the EC office on...
Uttarakhand High Court stays EC’s EVM hackathon
June 3 was the slated date of the Election Commission’s (EC) EVM challenge. Already, the event had come under the scanner as impractical and untenable....
Writ against Election Commission’s EVM Challenge
A writ petition has been filed in the High Court of Uttarakhand claiming that the Election Commission’s (EC) EVM Challenge, to be held on June...
PREGNANT PROBLEM OF POWER
~By Inderjit Badhwar
Following the BJP’s stunning electoral victory in Uttar Pradesh, several politicians and public figures have raised the issue of rigged electronic voting...
EC allots names & symbols to AIADMK factions
The Tamil Nadu scenario has finally gotten as weird as it possibly could. The original J Jayalalithaa-owned AIADMK symbol of “two leaves” was frozen...
You can’t continue breaking rules and then expect EC to do policing later: MS...
MANOHAR SINGH GILL served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India from 1996 to 2001. His major achievement has been the introduction of Electronic...
Does the EC have enough teeth to punish errant candidates?
The recent India Legal show tried to analyse the effect of powers vested with the poll watchdog
As election fever rises during assembly polls in...
Law vs Unbridled Power
Any executive order requires parliamentary approval in a democracy for it to have legal validity
~Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
Liberal democracy, as it is understood in...
EC puts brakes on FM’s Budget Speech
The commission has instructed the centre that there should be no mention of plans or work done in states going to polls this year...
Akhilesh Group Gets Thumbs-Up; Rides Bicycle
Akhilesh group submitted affidavits of all its supporters to the Election Commission while Mulayam group submitted none
By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
Why did Akhilesh Singh...
CAN EC INTERFERE IN BUDGET?
The recent India Legal show deliberated on whether the Union Budget should be postponed in the light of assembly elections in five states, starting...
Jan 10 deadline for govt on EC query
Election Commission seeks centre's response on Budget postponement demanded by opposition parties
By Sujit Bhar
The Election Commission (EC) has now acted on the appeal by...
Should Budget be postponed?
Political parties opposed to the BJP fear that the sops announced may favour the party in the assembly polls commencing from February 4. But...
EC sounds poll bugle in five states
Seven phases in UP polls, two in Manipur, and a single phase for Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand
The Election Commission has announced the polling dates...
Kejriwal’s Dented Image: Will It Affect Forthcoming Polls?
The Delhi CM’s ding-dong battle with Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung and others have often seen him vanquished. Will this have an impact on the forthcoming...
Petition in EC for Omar’s disqualification
In 2010, the Supreme Court had come down heavily on persons filing frivolous PILs and set out guidelines for filing them in State of...
Election Commission announces poll dates for five states
The Election Commission today announced poll dates for four states and one union territory that go to polls in April-May, 2016. While elections will...
SUPREME COURT
Courts need to be seen as working in public interest and upholding the confidence of the common man in the judicial process.
Bull’s eye judgment
You can no longer take...
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