Search Results for Tag : Voting
Statute
Voting rights to be given to enclave dwellers(08.02.2016)
Whereas India and Bangladesh executed an enclave exchange last year, the Indian government is preparing to grant voting rights to former enclave dwell.....
Tags : Bill, land enclave, Bangladesh, voting rights
Notifications & Circulars
E-Voting Facility Provided by Listed Entities(09.12.2020)
1. Under Regulation 44 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, listed entities .....
Tags : E-Voting, Facility, Listed Entities
Revised directions for acquisition of shares and voting rights in private banks(19.11.2015)
The Reserve Bank of India issued revised guidelines requiring prior approval for acquiring share or voting rights in private sector banks. Two amendme.....
Tags : Private bank, voting rights, acquisition, fit and proper
News
SC Issues Notice on Indira Jaising's Plea Against Use of Secret Voting to Confer Senior Designations(09.03.2022)
Supreme Court has issued notice on an application filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising seeking a declaration that the process adopted by certain Hi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Use of Secret Voting
Delhi HC Upholds Validity of Provision Prohibiting Prisoners from Voting in Elections(16.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has refused to declare Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 which prohibits prisoners from voting in elections.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Voting by Prisoners
Delhi HC: Allegations That Voting Strategy of Individual is Sold Off, Encroaches Right to Privacy(16.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that alleging that the voting strategy of an individual or of a political party or their nominees has been sold off without .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Right to Privacy, Voting
RIGHT TO INFORMATION - EVMs are 'Information' Under RTI Act: CIC(25.02.2019)
Central Information Commission has ruled that an Electronic Voting Machine is “information” under Right to Information Act and can be demanded by an a.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI Act, Electronic Voting Machine
Gujarat HC Stays Arrest Warrant Against BJP Minister Solanki in Bogus Voting Case(28.11.2016)
Gujarat High Court has granted relief to BJP Minister Parshottam Solanki by staying an arrest warrant issued against him by a Bhavnagar court in conne.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, bogus voting, BJP Minister, Parshottam Solanki
SC Asks Election Commission to be Flexible in Facilitating Voting Rights for Armed Forces(15.02.2019)
Supreme Court has asked Election Commission to be flexible in facilitating right to vote for armed forces personnel, including those of central parami.....
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Supreme Court Seeks EC's Response Over Plea Alleging EVM Tampering(24.03.2017)
Supreme Court has sought a response from Central Election Commission (CEC) on a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of Electron.....
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Madras HC Enquires ECI on Application from Physically Challenged for Exercising Option of Voting(18.02.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to explain why it had decided to invite applications from the physically challen.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Option of Voting
RIGHT TO INFORMATION - Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Putting EVMs Under RTI(19.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has stayed Central Information Commission order holding that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) fall within the preview of RTI Act.
Tags : Delhi High Court, RTI Act, Electronic Voting Machines, Central Information Commission
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Physical Voting in SCBA Elections Through Secret Ballot(26.02.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed as withdrawn the plea filed seeking directions to the Election Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association, to conduct the .....
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Uttarakhand High Court: Seal, Seize All EVMs Use in Vikasnagar Constituency Polls(28.04.2017)
Uttarakhand High Court, while hearing a petition alleging tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Vikasnagar constituency, has ordered that .....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)
Uttarakhand High Court Orders to Seal EVMs in Six More Constituencies(02.05.2017)
Uttarakhand High Court has ordered sealing of EVMs in six more constituencies of State — Mussoorie, Rajpur Road (Dehradun), BHEL Ranipur, Raipur, Prat.....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)
Kerala HC Directs EC to Take Steps to Prevent Double Voting(02.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the Election Commission (EC) and all the functionaries under the election laws to take all the possible steps to preven.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Double Voting
SC: Open Ballot System in Rajya Sabha Elections Necessitated to Prevent Cross-Voting(30.03.2023)
Supreme Court while dismissing PIL challenging open ballot system for Rajya Sabha elections has observed that similar issue was examined in Kuldip Nay.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Open Ballot System, Rajya Sabha Elections, Cross-Voting
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Tamil Actor's Plea Over Voting Machine Tampering(02.12.2019)
Supreme Court has refused to hear a petition filed by Tamil actor Mansoor Ali Khan which claimed that the Electronic Voting Machines can be tampered w.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Voting Rights for Nurses with Delhi Nursing Council(25.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a PIL filed by Indian Professional Nurses Association, an NGO, seeking voting rights to all nurses registered wi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Voting Rights for Nurses
Delhi HC Inquires from Election Commission About Steps Taken to Prevent Voting in Lieu of Cash(15.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Election Commission of India on a PIL challenging the alleged practice of political parties offering cash be.....
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Kerala HC Revokes Centre's Order Upholding Representative Voting at SNDP Yogam Elections(25.01.2022)
Kerala High Court has annulled the order issued by the Central Government in 1962 which upheld representation voting at the Sree Narayana Dharma Parip.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Voting at SNDP Yogam Elections
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Voting Rights for Prisoners(13.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking voting rights for prisoners, stating that statutory rights are subject to restrict.....
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