Can a registration application be completed while a serious objection is still under inquiry? In the Waris Punjab De Registration Plea, the Election Commission of India has told the Delhi High Court that it cannot, and that a background report from Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer is still awaited. New Delhi: Registration of Waris Punjab De […]
ECI Instructions On Children are binding on a candidate because they carry statutory force, the Madras High Court has held, declining to reject DMK leader Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi’s election petition against TVK MLA Vijayakumar alias Navalpattu S. Viji at the threshold. The allegations are yet to be tested at trial. Chennai: An election petition that […]
In a Goa SIR ruling, the Bombay High Court at Goa has directed the Election Commission of India to put back on the voters’ list the names of a family whose Form 8 address-change requests were rejected during the Special Intensive Revision, and has refused the ECI’s request to stay the order. Panaji: The Bombay […]
Blanket Immunity For CEC and Election Commissioners goes further than is needed to protect the poll body’s independence, activist Arun Kumar Agrawal says in a fresh plea against Section 16 of the 2023 law, on which the Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission. New Delhi: Section 16 of the […]
The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to examine allegations of bulk Form 7 applications for voter deletion in the UP SIR, take corrective steps and file a compliance report, after the Commission said the forms were found false and not acted upon. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, October 30, directed the […]
Why should a voter already on the 2026 roll file a form meant for first-time voters? That is what the Supreme Court asked about Form 6 in Delhi SIR, giving the Election Commission of India two weeks to report back. New Delhi: Persons who could not fill up enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision […]
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Over ECI Functioning, with the Chief Justice of India’s bench giving the petitioners two weeks to respond to the Election Commission’s counter-affidavit and listing the batch of petitions on November 17. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 27) issued notice on a batch of petitions questioning the […]
