Govt sends JPC queries to EC for inputs on cost, logistics & impact of simultaneous polls, ET LegalWorld
Can the country return to elections with ballot paper? What’s the cost-benefit of one-nation-one-election (ONOE)? How many phases will be required to hold nationwide simultaneous elections and what will be the effect of model code of conduct imposed for such polls on the economy, foreign direct investment and development? How does the expenditure on polls […]
Second meeting of JPC on simultaneous polls on Jan 31, ET LegalWorld
The second meeting of the joint parliamentary committee examining the two bills for simultaneous elections will be held on January 31, according to schedule posted on the Lok Sabha website. The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill were introduced in Lok Sabha during the recent Winter Session and referred to […]
SC to take up Tahir Hussain’s plea seeking bail for Delhi polls tomorrow, ET LegalWorld
The 2020 riots accused Tahir Hussain has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking interim bail for campaigning ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections. Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has fielded Tahir Hussain as a candidate from the Mustafabad constituency. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench of […]
Union Cabinet approves Kovind panel report on simultaneous polls, ET LegalWorld
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for ‘one nation, one Election’ as recommended by the Kovind panel, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The report of the high-level committee on ‘one nation, one election’ was placed before the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. The panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had […]
SC to consider hearing pleas against practice of parties promising freebies during polls, ET LegalWorld
Describing the issue of political parties promising freebies during elections as “very important”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not delete from its list of businesses pleas filed against the practice. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was told by lawyer and PIL […]