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SCOTUS issues “one-sentence” refusal to Republicans seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state of Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS): In a major setback to the Republican Party’s attempts to invalidate the results of recent

Published on December 9, 2020By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

HP HC | Court while discharging its duties in exercise of powers conferred under Art. 226 r/w Art.227 of Constitution, cannot permit illegality to remain on record, especially in exercise of its power of superintendence

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel J., while allowing the present petition, set aside the orders of the preceding authority holding

Published on December 5, 2020December 11, 2020By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kar HC | While exercising discretionary powers of deciding ‘exceptional circumstances’, SEC cannot ignore Constitutional mandate under Art. 243E; Directions issued to schedule Panchayat elections

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka CJ. and Ashok S. Kinagi J., while partly allowing the present petition,

Published on November 18, 2020November 18, 2020By Editor_4
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Supreme Court of The United States
Case BriefsForeign Courts

SCOTUS grants request by Alabama election officials to allow them to ban curbside voting | Detailed Report

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): While deciding upon the application for stay presented in relation to Alabama Secretary of State’s

Published on October 29, 2020November 20, 2020By Editor_4
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Press Council of India advises media not to violate Section 126A of Representation of the People Act, 1951

Press Council of India while considering the communication received from Election Commission of India advises the print media to refrain from publishing

Published on October 20, 2020October 20, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Utt HC | Activity promoting mutual hate and tension based on religion, race, caste, community or language can never result in fair elections; Court dismisses application to quash Charge-Sheet

Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., dismissed an application which was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

Published on September 24, 2020October 2, 2020By Editor_4
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Electoral Campaigns and Freedom of Speech: The Need for a fetter 

by Swarnendu Chatterjee* & Anshita Khandelwal**

Published on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Speaker, Court and the Parliamentary Democracy in India

by Uday Shankar*

Published on August 10, 2020August 9, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Supreme Court of The United States
Case BriefsForeign Courts

SCOTUS | Lower Court’s order allowing a ballot initiative to collect signatures electronically — Blocked

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): A majority opinion delivered by Chief Justice Roberts and joined by Alito J, Gorsuch J.

Published on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

AP HC | NOTA not applicable where candidate declared winner uncontested

Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amravati: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari, CJ and B. Krishna Mohan, J., addressed a Public Interest Litigation

Published on July 28, 2020August 7, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Plea for postponement of Rajya Sabha elections held non-maintainable; Court dismisses petition

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Ajay Kumar Mittal, CJ and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J., dismissed the Public Interest Litigation 

Published on June 20, 2020June 26, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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ECI defers Rajya Sabha Poll in view of COVID-19

On 25.02.2020, Election Commission of India announced elections to the Council of States to fill 55 seats of Members from 17 States,

Published on March 24, 2020April 1, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Jhar HC | ECI held empowered under Art. 324 and S. 28 of RP Act to transfer and divest ADG of Police of his duties till completion of elections

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J. upheld an order passed by the Election Commission of India, dated 1-4-2019, whereby the petitioner — Additional

Published on May 6, 2019May 24, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Breaking| A time has come that Parliament must make law to ensure that persons facing serious criminal cases do not enter into the political stream: SC

Supreme Court: The 5-judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and R.F. Nariman, A.M. Khanwilkar, Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra,

Published on September 25, 2018September 25, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Politicians facing charges whether to contest elections — SC to pronounce verdict today

Supreme Court: A 5-Judge Constitution Bench  comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and R.F. Nariman, A.M. Khanwilkar, Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra,

Published on September 25, 2018September 25, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

NOTA| “Idea may look attractive but its application defeats fairness ingrained in indirect election”: SC

“Introduction of NOTA will be an anathema to the fundamental criterion of democracy.” Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra

Published on August 22, 2018August 24, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Decoding simultaneous elections

by Bhumesh Verma* and Soumya Shekhar **

Published on June 15, 2018July 20, 2020By Saba
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC issues notice to West Bengal Govt over reported killing of a political worker in Purulia

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a boy, belonging to Dalit Community

Published on June 7, 2018By Saba
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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 29]: Elections are being swayed using data analytics; Aadhaar may be used for the same: Justice Chandrachud

Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi continued with his arguments before the 5-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, Dr. DY

Published on April 18, 2018By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court refuses to interfere with West Bengal Panchayat Polls

Supreme Court: The Bench of RK Agarwal and AM Sapre, JJ refused to extend the last date for the filing of nominations

Published on April 9, 2018April 13, 2018By Prachi Bhardwaj
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