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Election Commission of India is competent as to decide to conduct bye elections

Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday held that election Commission of India is competent to decide when to conduct bye elections. The bench was headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq…

Advocate pleading for Election Commission in Supreme Court, resigns, said – my values are not in line with my work

A lawyer representing the Election Commission (EC) in the Supreme Court resigned from the panel of lawyers of the commission, saying that their values are not in line with the…

Supreme Court rejects plea by Trinamool Congress leader seeking 100 percent VVPAT verification of votes

The Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by an All India Trinamool Congress leader from Bongaon, Gopal Seth, seeking 100 percent matching of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit…

Plea alleges BJP, Puducherry is using Aadhaar data to boost political mileage: Madras High Court expresses concern

In the Madras High Court, a petition has been filed calling for a court-monitored probe into whether the Bharatiya Janata Party has been illegally using Aadhaar data of voters in…

Election Commission order has been put on hold in Kamal Nath case

The Supreme Court has issued directions to hold on with the removal of Congress’s Kamal Nath as star campaigner. The court has held that the election commission has no power…

Kamal Nath in SC against EC, wants his star campaigner tag back

A writ petition has been filed by Congress Leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath before the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Election Commission of…

Plea filed in Supreme Court to demolish the party symbols in EVM

BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has filed plea in Supreme Court to remove party symbols from the ballot, EVM. They also sought directions to declare it as unconstitutional…