The Indian state patronisingly assumes that all voters cannot be trusted to exercise electoral judgement if they have access to alcohol. EC...

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, all states, and Union Territories. This follows a Public Interest Litigation seeking th...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged the BJP has struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power, ci...

Election Commission teams have seized over Rs 650 crore in potential voter inducements. West Bengal leads with nearly half the seizures. Fr...

Ahead of the May 10 polls for which campaigning levels have gone up, the Commission has directed the CEO of Karnataka to ensure constant mo...

District administrations and the flying and static squads of the ECI had a tough time as complaints of voter bribery poured in throughout t...

The proposal of the Election Commission to make electoral bribery a cognizable offence under section 171B of the Indian Penal Code has been...

Prime facie finding him guilty of violating the model code, the Commission asked him to respond by March 7 as to why action should not be t...

At present, bribery of voters is a non-cognisable offence under CrPC and is punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to one year, or wit...

The poll body also termed as "scurrilous" the AAP leader's claim that the Commission is encouraging bribery by restraining him from utterin...

The poll body also termed as "scurrilous" the AAP leader's claim that the Commission is encouraging bribery by refraining him from uttering...

Holding that the EC misinterpreted his comments, Delhi CM asked the poll panel to make him the brand ambassador to put an end to bribery in...

It said that for abetment of this offence, a person must instigate a voter to accept the gratification for exercising his electoral right.

Delegation, comprising JD(U), RJD, NCP, Congress and RLD members, was led by Sharad Yadav, who described alleged distribution of the items ...

The matter, which was scheduled to come up for hearing today, was posted for tomorrow as Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Gusain Solanki was o...

Court fixed date for hearing criminal complaint seeking action against Kejriwal for allegedly exhorting voters to take bribes from BJP and ...

The complaint sought Kejriwal's prosecution for abetment, offering or accepting bribe and punishment for bribery under Indian Penal Code.