An RTI response has revealed that two Election Commissioners raised concerns about senior official Maneesh Garg’s work allocation order. The Cabinet Secretariat said the complaints were made in the commissioners’ individual capacity.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court registry has flagged 14 procedural defects in a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging alleged irregularities in the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The objections include missing signatures and lawyer authorisations, incomplete supporting documents, an unclear.
India is the world’s largest democracy and the sanctity of its electoral process is a matter of national importance. Every citizen who is legally entitled to vote must be able to exercise that right freely and fairly. At the same time, an equally important principle is that electoral rolls must contain the names of genuine.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has questioned the Election Commission's functioning beyond electoral roll revisions and called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
The argument over SIR cannot be reduced to numbers deleted or added. At stake is something more fundamental — whether India can clean up its electoral rolls without weakening the citizen’s confidence in the process. Few things in a democracy are as mundane, and yet as consequential, as a voter list. It is, after all,.
The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging whether CEC Gyanesh Kumar can exercise powers vested in the multi-member Election Commission and seeking enforcement of its collective decision-making framework.
The Election Commission has directed states and UTs where SIR is complete to identify and enrol eligible voters left out of electoral rolls through a special drive.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a petition challenging the manner in which the powers of the Election Commission of India (ECI) are being exercised and questioning whether Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar can individually exercise or represent powers constitutionally vested in the multi-member poll panel. As per the.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list for hearing next week a fresh petition challenging the manner in which the powers of the Election Commission of India (ECI) are being exercised and questioning whether Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar can individually exercise or represent powers constitutionally vested in the multi-member poll panel.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified its stance amid questions raised regarding the Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls (SIR).
New Delhi: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking an independent probe into alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The writ petition, filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi, has raised issues concerning the functioning of the ECI under Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
