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West Bengal Elections: 139 out of 27 lakh names get go ahead to vote in phase 1 amid SIR heatAppellate tribunals have reinstated voting rights for 139 individuals in West Bengal. These voters were initially flagged as not eligible. ...- SC notice to Centre, EC on plea to implement finger, iris biometric system at polling stationsThe Supreme Court will examine a plea for biometric identification at polling stations. This system aims to prevent duplicate voting and en...
- SC issues notice to Centre, ECI on plea seeking voting rights to undertrialsThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission regarding a PIL seeking voting rights for undertrial prisoners. ...
- SC seeks response of Centre, EC on PIL for restoration of voting rights of undertrialsThe Supreme Court is considering a plea to grant voting rights to undertrial prisoners. Nearly 4.5 lakh undertrial prisoners across India c...
- Prisoners' voting rights: Supreme Court issues notice to CentreThe petitioner, Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya, has contended that the wording of Section 62(5) of the Act used confinement as a yardstick to...
- SC seeks Centre's response on PIL seeking voting rights for NRIsA bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana, Justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli took note of the PIL filed by the Kerala Pravasi Association th...
- What is constitutionally wrong if CM advises guv on election of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker? HC asks BJP MLAA bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik said that the petitioners, Mahajan and Janak Vyas, who filed separate public...
- SC notice on plea to allow OTP-based E-vote, expanding postal voting overseasThe apex court was hearing a plea filed by S Sathyan seeking voting rights for students, NRIs and other people stationed outside their cons...
- SC refuses to entertain PIL for free, fair assembly polls in West BengalThe plea, filed through lawyer Vineet Dhanda, had sought several reliefs including a direction to the CBI to probe alleged killings of poli...
- Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea seeking to stop use of EVMsDuring the brief hearing, the court got irked when it was argued that the right to vote was a fundamental right and the continuous use of E...
- PIL in SC seeks fair, peaceful assembly polls in West Bengal in 2021The public interest litigation (PIL) has made Union Ministry of Home Affairs, West Bengal government, the Election Commission, the state po...
- SC declines to stay anti-atrocities actThe principal secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office will have to explain the reasons for the amended law and why it should not be struck...
- Supreme Court asks Centre about steps being taken to protect voting rights of defence personnelThe three-judge bench also inquired from the government if it would consider any technological advances such as e-balloting for facilitatin...
- Supreme Court dismisses PIL for voting rights of overseas citizens"The writ petition is for the people who are well settled abroad. The PIL is not for those people but for those who cannot afford to approa...
- Supreme Court asks Centre to make stand clear on allowing NRIs to voteSC asked the Centre to make its stand clear on the Election Commission's proposal for allowing NRIs to cast their votes through proxy votin...
- Supreme Court notice to Centre, Election Commission on PIL to ensure maximum votingThe SC today sought response from the Centre and the EC on a PIL seeking a direction to them to frame guidelines to ensure that more citize...
- Don't undermine conduct of country's election: Supreme CourtThe SC today decried the tendency of undermining the conduct of election in the country while comparing it with elections in England and Am...
- Election Commission against ward-wise counting of votes, Supreme Court toldThe EC informed a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra that it had written to the Centre to amend the rule to do away with declaration of re...
- 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,...
- Disallowing right to cast negative vote defeats citizen rights: Supreme CourtSupreme Court today said that if a person is not allowed to cast negative votes, it would "defeat" the rights of the citizens.
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