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SC to hear on April 16 pleas challenging law on Election Commissioners' ap
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear on April 16 a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the law relating to the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners, which dropped the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel for Election C
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Election Commission holds high-level meeting on EPIC-Aadhaar linking, emph
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi along with the Union Home Secretary, Secretary Legislative Department, Secretary MeitY and CEO, UIDAI and technical experts of the ECI also participated in the meeting.
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MoU signed between Madhya Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir State Election C
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The 31st National Conference of State Election Commissioners is being held at Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district from March 1 to March 4. National and international experts gave presentations in the National Conference on various topics related to smooth and convenient el
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SC adjourns hearing on pleas challenging law appointing ECs
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Supreme Court adjourned hearings on petitions challenging the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, which excludes the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel. No new date for the hearing was set.
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SC to hear pleas challenging law on Election Commissioners' appointment to
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The law in question, the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, has been criticized for excluding the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel for Election Commissioners.
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Assam CM hits back at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Rahul Gandhi's call for a transparent selection of Election Commissioners involving the Chief Justice of India is ironic, given that during Congress rule, appointments were made solely by the ruling government without any transparency," Sarma posted on X (formerly Twitter).
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Rahul Gandhi questions CJI's exclusion from panel appointing Election Comm
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"The rules have been changed. The Election Commissioner used to be chosen by the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice was removed from that committee. This is a question to the Prime Minister, why was the Chief Justice removed from the comm
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SC to hear on February 4 pleas challenging law on Election Commissioners'
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will hear on February 4 a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the law relating to the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners, which dropped Chief Justice of India from selection panel for Election Com
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CJI Sanjiv Khanna recuses from hearing pleas challenging law on Election C
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday recused from hearing a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the law relating to the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners.
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EC reviews poll preparedness for Maharashtra elections, directs focus on v
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The ECI delegation led by CEC Rajiv Kumar is in Mumbai to oversee preparations for the assembly elections, which will be held in 288 constituencies, with election dates yet to be announced.
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ECI expresses dissatisfaction over voter inconvenience at Mumbai polling s
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
An ECI delegation led by CEC Rajiv Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and SS Sandhu, is in Mumbai to review preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra over the next two days.
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EC reviews poll preparedness for assembly elections in Jharkhand; directs
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A delegation of the Election Commission of India, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, held a detailed and comprehensive review of the poll preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly Elections in Jharkhand at Ranchi and directed the central and state enforcement agencies to curb mo
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