The states where the bypolls have been deferred are --Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, two assembly seats each in Tamil Nadu and Utta...

The Law Ministry is the administrative ministry for the Election Commission. Certain funds are also allocated to the Home Ministry for elec...

The finance ministry said that electoral bonds worth Rs 1,056.73 crore were purchased via six tranches since the scheme’s launch in January...

EC had written to the law ministry urging it to amend election laws to include failure to clear dues of public utilities as a disqualificat...

State funding of polls imply the govt providing funds to parties and candidates to fight elections, replacing the existing system of plough...

Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda had recently urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to help expedite the approval process.

An Election Commission proposal to bring a law to prohibit electoral trusts from accepting funds from foreign sources is being "actively" c...

The Election Commission is learnt to have today pitched for giving equal constitutional protection to all members of the poll body.

But according to the Law Ministry, a change in rules or even an amendment to the Representation of the People Act will not help.

The Election Commission has set up a committee to suggest amendments to the Act of 1951 with a mandate of submitting a report by February 2...

Specifically, the parties have opposed disclosure of anonymous unaccounted receipts and demanded that the EC circular on the issue be withd...

EC had earlier this year told the government that the January 1 cut-off date set for the purpose deprives several youths from participating...

It told the Law Ministry that since exit polls were also restricted by law, it should follow similar procedure on opinion polls.

The EC will also make a fresh pitch for banning of opinion polls by drawing the attention of the law ministry, information & broadcasting m...

EC has written to the law ministry reiterating its long-standing proposal for banning publishing and dissemination of opinion poll results.

Sibal sent the file back to EC asking it to consult the parties again and seek their views afresh on the issue.

ECS will consider shifting crude oil delivery point from the Rajasthan field flange to Salaya in Gujarat with the cost of laying the 585-km...