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“All State Election Commissioners appointed under Article 243K in the length and breadth of India have to be independent persons who cannot be persons who are occupying a post or office under the Central or any State Government.”

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Many instances have come to the notice of the Election Commission of India wherein Chief Electoral Officers and some other officials working

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Kerala High Court: A. Muhamed Mustaque J., upholding the decision of the Election Commission, dismissed the present Writ Petitions and clarified the

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Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Judge Bench of Priyantha Jayawardena, Vijith K. Malalgoda and Murdu

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Election Commission of India approved the broad guidelines for conduct of general/bye-elections during the COVID-19 period. After the onset of the COVID-19

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Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amravati: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari, CJ and B. Krishna Mohan, J., addressed a Public Interest Litigation

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At present, the country, as the rest of the world, is grappling with COVID-19 pandemic. It is evident that Government along with

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Commission to implement the directions of Supreme Court concerning criminal antecedents of candidates by reiterating its existing instructions with suitable modifications Election

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Registration of political parties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. An association

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Uttaranchal High Court: A writ petition was contemplated by Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J. where the petitioner sought a

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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Sanjiv Khanna and Deepak Gupta, JJ has has asked 21 opposition parties

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Supreme Court: The Court has ssued a notice to the Election Commission regarding alleged non-implementation of the top court’s past order of

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Supreme Court: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the bench of S A Bobde and S A Nazeer, JJ that

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Supreme Court: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the plea of 21 opposition leaders, led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N

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The Election Commission of India has directed that all electors in all constituencies who have been issued Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC)

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Supreme Court: The bench of Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha, JJ asked the Central Government to constitute Special Courts to deal with

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Supreme Court: In the controversy relating to right to the symbol allocated by the Election Commission of India to the AIADMK, the