The Counsel informed the Court that they have already made a representation to the EC and that they have appreciated it. However, the Bench, while dismissing the plea, stated, “Certainly we can do, but we don’t want to do.”
The High Court bench while hearing the plea of Dr Vikram Singh issued notice to the Election Commission of India and the Ministry of Home Affairs and sought their response by April 30.
The Election Commission of India said to the High Court that judicial interference in poll matters is barred after the notification of elections as per Article 329B of the Constitution.
Advocate and social-political activist, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay striving for the development of socially-economically downtrodden people filed the petition to nullify the invalidated election results.
The Allahabad High Court has given the Election Commission of India four weeks to file its reply on a PIL filed against the legality of using election symbols in rallies and demonstrations by political parties.
The Allahabad High Court has sought the response of Election Commission on a plea by Shraddha Tripathi challenging the constitutional validity of Paras-10, 10A and 10-B of the Symbol Order 1968 on several counts interalia that said Paras are in conflict with the provisions of Rule-10 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.
Supreme Court today stayed the Election Commission decision to remove Kamal Nath's name from the list of ‘star campaigners’ in view of repeated violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
Kamal Nath has challenged the Order of Oct 30, of the Election Commission whereby his name was removed from the list of ‘star campaigners’ of the Indian National Congress on the ground of repeated violation of Model Code of Conduct and advisories of the ECI.
The Supreme Court will on Monday a plea by Saritha S. Nair against the rejection of her Election Petition by the Kerala High Court, to set aside Rahul Gandhi’s election in Wayanad.
The Court has issued issued the following orders to the State authorities to be enforced in the cities of Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar and Gorakhpur:
Keeping in view the rising number of Covid-19 cases, following which, the financial crisis being faced by the lawyers due to the closing of District Courts, the MPHCBA has decided to give ration to financially poor lawyers