Calcutta High Court quashes appointment of assistant professors as poll presiding officers in BengalThe Calcutta High Court has cancelled the appointment of assistant professors as presiding officers for the West Bengal assembly elections....
Non-installation of vapour recovery system: NGT dismisses BPCL's appeal against Rs 1 crore fineThe National Green Tribunal has rejected Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's appeal against a Rs 1 crore environmental fine. BPCL failed...
Bengal Voter Row: 55% of 60 lakh still excluded after adjudication, Supreme Court toldThe Supreme Court heard that a high number of voters in West Bengal are still excluded from electoral rolls. This is happening even after j...
India asks its students to verify credentials of Uzbek universities before enrollingIndian students pursuing medical degrees in Uzbekistan are urged to verify university credentials. The Indian Embassy in Tashkent issued an...
Court can extend draft voter roll date if a fit case is made out, says Supreme CourtThe oral observation came from a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi during the resumed hearing of pleas...
EC apprises SC about tentative schedule for by-election to Maniktala assembly constituency in BengalThe Election Commission (EC) has submitted a tentative schedule for the Maniktala assembly constituency by the Supreme Court. The EC had re...
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren 'denies and disputes all BJP allegations' in letter to EC"I deny and dispute all allegations of the BJP about my alleged disqualification for being a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly o...
Election Commission moves Supreme Court against Madras HC observations on surge in COVID-19 casesThe poll panel's appeal against the high court's refusal to entertain its petition opposing the critical remarks will be heard by a bench h...
Judiciary rap: EC says remarks caused great damage, seeks to restrain media from reporting oral observationsComments of murder charges against ECI officials and the institution being solely responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases had caused gr...
SC asks EC to explain inability to curb sectarian appealsThe court ordered that an EC official appear before it on Tuesday to explain its ‘failure to quickly act’ against errant politicians.
Madhya Pradesh polls: High Court disposes of Cong leader's plea on EVMsCongress leader Naresh Saraf's petition alleged that, after the polling was over, attempts were made to tamper with the polled EVM-VVPATs i...
Congress using forged papers to scandalise us, Election Commission tells Supreme courtThe spat between the EC and Congress turned ugly, with the Commission stating that voter lists had been corrected in June itself.
AIADMK symbol dispute: Sasikala faction to present arguments on Oct 16According to the counsel of the Sasikala faction, the EC had agreed to take up cross-examination of those who had filed fresh affidavits in...
All EVMs in Gujarat assembly polls to have paper trailGujarat is set to become the first state to witness use of EVMs with paper trail in all polling booths during the assembly elections slated...
'False' poll expenses: Election Comission issues fresh notices to Ashok Chavan, Madhu KodaAshok Chavan and Madhu Koda were today asked by the EC to appear before it on May 23 for allegedly giving incorrect accounts of their poll ...
Lok Sabh polls: Disabled-friendly voting system to be made available, says EC to High CourtEC today informed HC that proper instructions had been issued to all state electoral officers to make necessary provisions to enable disabl...
Supreme Court weighs PIL: Charge-sheeted may not get to contest pollsSC suggested that persons charge-sheeted with heinous crimes or those indicted by commissions of inquiry should also be debarred from conte...