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On One Nation, One Election, Ex Top Judges' Note Against "Unbridled Power": Sources
The Election Commission of India should not be given unbridled powers in implementing the One Nation, One Election system, former Chief Justices of India DY Chandrachud and JS Khehar told a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), as per sources.
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Farmer Aid To Be Disbursed Once Party Returns To Power In Telangana, Says Chief Minister
Addressing a rally at Shadnagar, K Chandrasekhar Rao alleged that beneficiaries of Rythu Bandhu in the Congress have lodged a complaint with the poll panel asking it to stop the disbursal.
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BJP Sets Up Panel To Draft Manifesto For Upcoming Chhattisgarh Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday constituted a 31-member panel to draft the manifesto of the opposition party for the year-end Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, where it was in power for 15 years before being trounced by the Congress in 2018.
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What Bengal Poll Body Told Supreme Court Over Central Forces Deployment
West Bengal State Election Commission has informed the top court that the direction for the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections without providing adequate opportunity to state poll panel is an over-step of the judicial powers
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Team Thackeray Wanted Speaker To Usurp Poll Panel's Powers: Shinde Camp To Supreme Court
The ruling Eknath Shinde camp in Maharashtra told the Supreme Court on Tuesday the rival side led by Uddhav Thackeray wanted the Speaker of the state assembly to "usurp" the powers of the Election Commission.
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Supreme Court To Decide On Poll Panel's Powers On Disqualification
Case on constitutional validity of Election Commission's power to "remove" or reduce the period of disqualification of a lawmaker
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BJP, Poll Panel "Snatched Power" From Samajwadi Party, Says Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that the ruling BJP and the Election Commission "snatched power" from his outfit, a day after he accused the poll panel of striking off names of their supporters from the voters' list.
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Can't Control Parties' Freebies Promises, Poll Panel Tells Supreme Court
Any action to regulate promises by political parties to give out freebies if elected to power would be an overreach unless legal provisions are put in place, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court today.
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Lock Up Anti-Socials: Trinamool To Poll Panel Ahead Of Nandigram Battle
Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission, asking for the arrest of all anti-social elements in Purba Medinipur district -- largely controlled by Suvendu Adhikari and his family. Mr Adhikari -- a close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who joined the BJP ahead of the elections -- is her rival in Nandigram, the p...
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"Have Zero-Tolerance To Money And Muscle Power": Election Body Chief
With political parties apprehending violence and unrest in poll-bound West Bengal, on Friday said the poll panel has zero-tolerance to money and muscle power and misuse of the government machinery.
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Assam Anti-Citizenship Law Groups Form Advisory Panel Ahead Of Polls
Amid speculation that the organisations leading the pushback in Assam against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA are planning to come together to form a political front ahead of next year's assembly polls, the powerful All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) have formed a panel of eminent ...
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Supreme Court-Appointed Panel Probes Use Of Black Money In 2019 Polls
Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) vice chairman Justice Arijit Pasayat on Tuesday suggested appropriate amendments in existing tax laws to curb the use of money power to win elections.
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Poll Body Has Absolute Power But Must Act According To Law: Top Court
The Election Commission is vested with absolute powers, but still has to act in conformity with the law made by Parliament, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The top court said that even though the poll panel has powers to supervise and conduct free and fair election, those powers have their limitations.
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Grant Us The Power To Make Poll-Related Rules: Poll Panel To Supreme Court
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the powers to make election rules under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 1951 be given to it instead of the existing practice of central government framing the rules.
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Centre Rejects Poll Panel's Proposal On Barring Candidates With Unpaid Bills
The government has rejected a proposal by the Election Commission or EC to bar those who have not paid dues such as government house rent and power bill from contesting elections
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On One Nation, One Election, Ex Top Judges' Note Against "Unbridled Power": Sources
The Election Commission of India should not be given unbridled powers in implementing the One Nation, One Election system, former Chief Justices of India DY Chandrachud and JS Khehar told a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), as per sources.
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Farmer Aid To Be Disbursed Once Party Returns To Power In Telangana, Says Chief Minister
Addressing a rally at Shadnagar, K Chandrasekhar Rao alleged that beneficiaries of Rythu Bandhu in the Congress have lodged a complaint with the poll panel asking it to stop the disbursal.
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BJP Sets Up Panel To Draft Manifesto For Upcoming Chhattisgarh Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday constituted a 31-member panel to draft the manifesto of the opposition party for the year-end Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, where it was in power for 15 years before being trounced by the Congress in 2018.
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What Bengal Poll Body Told Supreme Court Over Central Forces Deployment
West Bengal State Election Commission has informed the top court that the direction for the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections without providing adequate opportunity to state poll panel is an over-step of the judicial powers
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Team Thackeray Wanted Speaker To Usurp Poll Panel's Powers: Shinde Camp To Supreme Court
The ruling Eknath Shinde camp in Maharashtra told the Supreme Court on Tuesday the rival side led by Uddhav Thackeray wanted the Speaker of the state assembly to "usurp" the powers of the Election Commission.
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Supreme Court To Decide On Poll Panel's Powers On Disqualification
Case on constitutional validity of Election Commission's power to "remove" or reduce the period of disqualification of a lawmaker
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BJP, Poll Panel "Snatched Power" From Samajwadi Party, Says Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that the ruling BJP and the Election Commission "snatched power" from his outfit, a day after he accused the poll panel of striking off names of their supporters from the voters' list.
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Can't Control Parties' Freebies Promises, Poll Panel Tells Supreme Court
Any action to regulate promises by political parties to give out freebies if elected to power would be an overreach unless legal provisions are put in place, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court today.
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Lock Up Anti-Socials: Trinamool To Poll Panel Ahead Of Nandigram Battle
Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission, asking for the arrest of all anti-social elements in Purba Medinipur district -- largely controlled by Suvendu Adhikari and his family. Mr Adhikari -- a close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who joined the BJP ahead of the elections -- is her rival in Nandigram, the p...
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"Have Zero-Tolerance To Money And Muscle Power": Election Body Chief
With political parties apprehending violence and unrest in poll-bound West Bengal, on Friday said the poll panel has zero-tolerance to money and muscle power and misuse of the government machinery.
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Assam Anti-Citizenship Law Groups Form Advisory Panel Ahead Of Polls
Amid speculation that the organisations leading the pushback in Assam against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA are planning to come together to form a political front ahead of next year's assembly polls, the powerful All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) have formed a panel of eminent ...
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Supreme Court-Appointed Panel Probes Use Of Black Money In 2019 Polls
Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) vice chairman Justice Arijit Pasayat on Tuesday suggested appropriate amendments in existing tax laws to curb the use of money power to win elections.
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Poll Body Has Absolute Power But Must Act According To Law: Top Court
The Election Commission is vested with absolute powers, but still has to act in conformity with the law made by Parliament, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The top court said that even though the poll panel has powers to supervise and conduct free and fair election, those powers have their limitations.
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Grant Us The Power To Make Poll-Related Rules: Poll Panel To Supreme Court
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the powers to make election rules under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 1951 be given to it instead of the existing practice of central government framing the rules.
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Centre Rejects Poll Panel's Proposal On Barring Candidates With Unpaid Bills
The government has rejected a proposal by the Election Commission or EC to bar those who have not paid dues such as government house rent and power bill from contesting elections
