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Can Nepalese citizens settle in India without permission? Uttarakhand HC asks CentreThe Uttarakhand High Court is examining the 1950 India-Nepal Treaty. It questions if Nepalese citizens have unlimited rights to live and bu...
West Bengal voter intimidation: EC directs police chief to ensure strict preventive measures against 800 individualsWest Bengal polls: The Election Commission of India has issued a strong directive to the West Bengal Director General of Police, mandating ...
SIR rewrites the rules of roll revisionThe Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is underway, impacting elections across India. Political parties, election officials, and...
Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL against poll freebies promises by political partiesThe Supreme Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation in March. The petition seeks action against political parties that promise freebie...
Calcutta HC asks ECI to file affidavit on PIL questioning SIR on basis of 2002 voters' listIn a significant move, the Calcutta High Court has instructed the Election Commission of India to present an affidavit regarding the ongoin...
SC junks PIL seeking SIT probe into 'vote chori' allegationsThe Supreme Court has refused to entertain a PIL seeking a Special Investigation Team probe into Rahul Gandhi's allegations of voter list a...
How courts have largely backed ECI, but sought tighter scrutinyAllegations of electoral roll manipulation are surfacing across states. Cases are landing in courts from Kerala to Maharashtra. Courts have...
Not an Indian citizen, but still a voter? How Form 6 opens the door for non-citizens in India’s voter listsBihar Elections 2025: The Election Commission is revising voter rolls, starting in Bihar. Form 6, used for voter registration, requires no ...
SC refuses to examine PIL over voter list duplicationThe Supreme Court declined to address a PIL concerning duplicate voter entries, advising the petitioner, a political party, to pursue speci...
Should jailed politicians be allowed to campaign for elections? PIL moved in Delhi High CourtA public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court, advocating for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to impleme...
SC agrees to list on March 21 PIL against practice of parties promising freebies during pollsThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on March 21 regarding the practice of political parties promising f...
SC trashes plea against EC officials for not making 'clarificatory' changes in voter ID formsThe Supreme Court declined to consider a plea for contempt proceedings against Election Commission officials regarding the absence of "clar...
Will make 'clarificatory' changes in forms to say linking Aadhaar with voter ID optional, EC tells SCThe bench took note of the submissions of the lawyers for the poll panel that "the Aadhaar number was not mandatory under Rule 26-B of the ...
SC refuses to entertain PIL challenging bypoll to Rampur Sadar assembly seat in UPLawyer Sulaiman Mohd Khan, who had filed the PIL in his personal capacity, agreed to the observations of the bench, but said that if he had...
- Aizawl bench of Gauhati high court has admitted a PIL regarding BRU Refugees
On November 6, police had to fire teargas shell to control the situation after a mob attack on the office of the Kolasib deputy commissione...
SC's 'no' to PIL seeking disclosure of criminal antecedents, assets of candidates in pollsThe PIL had sought a direction to the poll panel to ensure the right of voters to know "age, qualification, criminal antecedents and assets...
Election Commission of India plans pictures of candidates on EVMs to end confusion over namesSharma said displaying photographs of candidates was a "good suggestion" and the same had been proposed by the Election Commission in a rec...
Central Information Commission calls for inquiry into voter IDs given on MP, MLA referenceAcharyulu said in the context of admission about mistakes and huge bogus votes by CEO of national capital in a PIL before Delhi HC, the pro...
Names of only 1,340 voters missing in Pune: Maharashtra government tells High CourtMaharashtra govt questioned maintainability of PIL filed in connection with deletion of names in voters' list during polls in Pune LS seat,...
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Electoral rolls play dampener for MumbaikarsAggrieved residents who have been denied their voting rights plan to move the High Court on Monday seeking an opportunity to cast votes thr...