The appeal will be heard, but the vote will not wait: the Rajasthan High Court admits appeal on SC/ST ward reservation in Majhiwala, where the appellant alleges the population data is wrong, and declines to stay the election now under way, with the Gram Panchayat process due to conclude on November 17. Jodhpur: A special […]
The Supreme Court has left the first decision to the State Election Commission but set a clock: in the Andhra Municipal Polls dispute, the YSRCP’s complaints of violence and obstruction must be examined by October 22, and the final list of candidates stays on hold until October 25. New Delhi: Directing the Andhra Pradesh State […]
Can a nomination deadline move when candidates say they were physically stopped from filing? The YSR Congress Party has asked the Supreme Court to say so in the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Polls, alleging violence, and wants protection, more time and a hold on unopposed declarations. New Delhi: Challenging an October 18 order of the Andhra […]
Can polling data be saved separately on hard disks, so that machines held as evidence are freed for the civic polls? The Calcutta High Court has asked the State Election Commission to say so on affidavit, as it examines the EVM, VVPAT Shortage ahead of municipal elections. Kolkata: On a plea by the West Bengal […]
The Supreme Court has set aside the elections in 50 Punjab municipal wards of Patiala and Moga districts and ordered fresh polls to be completed within six weeks under the monitoring of a committee headed by a retired High Court judge. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the elections held in 50 Punjab […]
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has quashed a State Election Commission order deferring the election of the Chairman of the Khatushyamji Municipal Board after one of 20 elected members did not vote, holding that a poll cannot be postponed for one voter’s absence, and has directed counting of the 19 votes cast on September 21.
