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Court grants bail to Disha Ravi who has no 'criminal antecedents', says ev
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): A Delhi Sessions Court on Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested for being involved in sharing a 'toolkit' on social media in connection with the ongoing farmers' protest.
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ECI issues timelines for publicity of criminal antecedents of candidates
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): As part of efforts help the voters in exercising their choices in a more informed manner and discourage political parties from fielding persons with criminal antecedents in the election, the Election Commission on Friday issued revised guidelines for p
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Election Commission hails SC order, to modify instructions on criminal ant
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The Election Commission on Friday termed as "landmark" the Supreme Court order for the decriminalisation of politics, saying it is bound to go a long way in setting new moral yardsticks for the betterment of electoral democracy.
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Kapil Sibal welcomes SC's directive to political parties to publicise cand
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's direction to political parties to upload on their websites the reasons for selecting candidates with criminal antecedents.
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List candidates' criminal records on websites, social media: SC directs po
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Taking note of the "alarming increase" in the number of candidates having criminal antecedents in the last four general elections, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the political parties to upload on their websites within 48 hours the details of crim
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SC directs political parties to list candidates' criminal records on websi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all political parties to upload on their websites the details of criminals records against their candidates in Parliamentary and Assembly elections, along with the reasons for the selection of those with criminal anteced
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Candidates with criminal antecedents to give information in newspapers, TV
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Candidates with criminal antecedents in Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections are required to publish information in this regard in newspapers and broadcast it through television channels on three occasions during the campaign period, the Election Commi
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PIL on disclosure of criminal antecedents of candidates withdrawn
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking immediate compliance of the recent judgment by the Supreme Court for advertising criminal antecedents of candidates in the election campaign has been withdrawn by the petitioner after the Delhi High Court refused to p
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