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Congress

PIL Seeks Disqualification of 99 Congress MPs Over Alleged Bribery in ‘Ghar Ghar Guarantee Scheme

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking the disqualification of all 99 Congress MPs, arguing that the party’s ‘Ghar Ghar Guarantee Scheme,’ launched during the... Read more »
Electoral Bonds Scheme

Electoral Bonds Scheme: SC to Hear PIL Seeking Court-Monitored Probe on July 22

The Supreme Court on Friday scheduled a hearing for a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored investigation into the electoral bonds scheme for July 22. A bench of CJI D Y... Read more »

SC Declines to Hear YSR Congress Party’s Plea Against Postal Ballot Norms Relaxation

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a plea filed by the YSR Congress Party challenging the relaxation of postal ballot norms for Andhra Pradesh by the Election Commission (EC). Justices... Read more »
Supreme Court

Verdict In: Supreme Court Greenlights Election Commission’s Maniktala By-poll Schedule

“The Election Commission of India (ECI) submitted to the Supreme Court today a by-poll schedule for West Bengal’s Maniktala constituency, which has lacked legislative representation for over two years [Suvendu Dey and... Read more »
Bihar

SC Declines Plea for Re-Polling in Bihar’s Munger Constituency

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking a directive for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct re-polling in certain booths of Bihar’s Munger constituency. A vacation... Read more »
Abhijit Gangopadhyay

Trouble for Ex-Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, EC Issues Notice Over Derogatory Remarks on Mamata Banerjee

The Election Commission (EC) has issued a show cause notice to Former Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a BJP candidate, for his comments directed at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata... Read more »
Lok Sabha Elections

SC Agrees to Hear Plea for Timely Voter Turnout Data in Lok Sabha Elections

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea from an NGO seeking the Election Commission of India (ECI) to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48... Read more »
Deepfake_LegallySpeaking

Delhi HC Directs Representation to ECI on Deepfake Concerns

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed a lawyers’ organization to provide a representation to the Election Commission of India (ECI)  regarding its plea concerning the use of deepfake technologies in the... Read more »
Delhi HC Convicts "Monster" Father for Raping Minor Daughter

Delhi HC Allows PIL: Battling Deepfake Videos During Elections

On Wednesday, i.e., May 1, the Delhi High Court agreed to hear a public interest litigation against the spread of fake videos seeking to sway voters during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. A... Read more »
Civil Servants

SC Rejects Plea on Cooling-off Period for Civil Servants to Contest Elections

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a plea seeking the implementation of the 2012 recommendations of the Election Commission (EC) concerning the cooling-off period to deter public servants from contesting... Read more »
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