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SC to Centre: Why No Transparent Procedure For Appointing CEC & ECs?(05.07.2017)

Supreme Court has posed several pointed questions to Centre regarding the lack of proper procedure for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and .....

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SC to Centre: Produce Files Related to Appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner(24.11.2022)

Supreme Court Constitution Bench has asked Attorney General to produce related to the recent appointment of Arun Goel, a former bureaucrat, as the Ele.....

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SC Decides Against Staying Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023(21.03.2024)

Supreme Court has refused to stay Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023 which removes the Chief Justice of India from.....

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Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Election Commissioners' Act(26.03.2024)

Supreme Court while deciding the batch of pleas has refused to stay the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, which .....

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SC: Election Comm’r to be Appointed on Advice of Committee Consisting of PM, Opposition Leader & CJI(02.03.2023)

Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that Election Commissioners will be appointed by President on advice of a Committee consisting of Prime Mini.....

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Calcutta High Court Questions IAS Officer Alapan Bandyopadhyay’s Appointment as SEC(12.10.2015)

Calcutta HC has questioned State Govt’s decision to appoint senior IAS officer Alapan Bandyopadhyay, as the acting State Election Commissioner (SEC) a.....

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Karnataka HC: Can’t Provide Free Bus Service to Enable Voters to Reach Polling Booth(17.05.2024)

Karnataka High Court has observed that free bus services cannot be provided to enable voters to reach polling booths and stated that the Chief Electio.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Plea Challenging Appointment of Delhi Chief Secretary as Election Commissioner(05.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation to challenge the decision for appointment of Vijay Kumar Dev, Delhi Chief Secretary as the.....

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SC Refers Plea to Make Independent Collegium for Appointment of EC to Constitutional Bench(24.10.2018)

Supreme Court has referred a plea for constituting an independent mechanism for selection of Election Commissioners for the consideration of Constitut.....

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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction to Not Conduct 2023 State Assembly Elections(27.04.2022)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking instructions to the State and Chief Election Commissioner to not conduct the 2.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, public interest litigation, Election Commissioner, Assembly election, people's representatives

Cal HC: Petition for Removal of State Election Commissioner is Not Maintainable(13.07.2023)

Calcutta High Court while dismissing petition seeking removal of State Election Commissioner, among other reliefs, has observed that such a prayer can.....

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SC Adjourns Plea Challenging Constitutionality of Election Commissioners' Law(20.02.2025)

Supreme Court has adjourned pleas that challenged that constitutionality of Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023 thr.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Asks Election Commission to Check Drugs Supply During Elections(10.01.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Chief Electoral Officer of Punjab and Chief Election Commissioner of India to ensure that drugs are not suppli.....

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SC: Officer Serving Ruling Govt Can't be Appointed as State Election Commissioner(12.03.2021)

Supreme Court has held that a government officer serving a state government cannot be appointed as the State Election Commissioner of that state. The .....

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