{"id":143851,"date":"2017-07-21T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=143851"},"modified":"2017-07-21T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:40:37","slug":"will-amend-the-rp-act-to-give-the-nris-the-e-voting-rights-centre-tells-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/07\/21\/will-amend-the-rp-act-to-give-the-nris-the-e-voting-rights-centre-tells-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Will amend the RP Act to give the NRIs the E-voting rights: Centre tells SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>: In the petition seeking E-voting rights for the NRIs, the Central Government told the Court that it was willing to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951 in order to give the option of E-voting to NRIs. 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