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All. HC: Candidates with Criminal Background Will Pose Severe Threat to Democracy if Elected(29.04.2024)

All. HC has observed that persons with criminal background having a long criminal history pollute the process of election and when such persons turn i.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Criminal Background, Elected Representatives

SC Notices Centre over Plea Seeking Disqualification of Convicted Representatives(08.11.2016)

Supreme Court has issued a notice to Centre in a plea seeking disqualification of Elected Representatives by Election Commission of India upon convict.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Elected Representatives, disqualification, conviction

Karnataka HC Stays Govt Order Dropping Criminal Prosecution in 61 Cases Against Elected Representativ(21.12.2020)

Karnataka High Court has stayed the government order dated 31st August, 2020 by which it had decided to drop criminal prosecution in 61 cases against .....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Criminal Prosecution Against Elected Representatives

Ker HC: Elected Representatives Must Swear by God or Affirm, Cannot Invoke Specific Deities in Oath(25.06.2026)

Kerala High Court held that elected representatives must adhere to the statutory form of oath and cannot modify it by invoking specific deities, polit.....

Tags : Elected Representatives; Deities; Oath