Howsoever Erroneous Rejection Of Nomination Is, Judicial Intervention Not Contemplated At Intermediate Stage Of Election: Kerala High Court
4 years ago

Howsoever Erroneous Rejection Of Nomination Is, Judicial Intervention Not Contemplated At Intermediate Stage Of Election: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has iterated the legal position that the High Court cannot exercise its power under Article 226 to interfere with questions relating to the acceptance or rejection of nomination papers.In its detailed order rejecting writ petitions moved by various candidates for this year's Kerala Legislative Assembly elections challenging the rejection of their nomination papers, the. The Kerala High Court has iterated the legal position that the High Court cannot exercise its power under Article 226 to interfere with questions relating to the acceptance or rejection of nomination papers. In its detailed order rejecting writ petitions moved by various candidates for this year's Kerala Legislative Assembly elections challenging the rejection of their nomination papers, the High Court has emphasized that any interference with the same would interfere with the progress of the election. The High Court cannot interfere with matters relating to the rejection/acceptance of nomination papers as this interrupted the progress of the election "The Election Commission exercises plenary powers under Article 226".

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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Upcoming Punjab Municipal Corporation Elections, Issues Notice To SEC On Opposition Candidates' Plea
3 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Upcoming Punjab Municipal Corporation Elections, Issues Notice To SEC On Opposition Candidates' Plea

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The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Punjab State Election Commission in an intervention application filed by the prospective candidates of opposition parties including Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, and Indian National Congress, alleging that they were systematically prevented from filing nominations for the Municipal Corporation elections in Patiala by. The Supreme Court today issued notice to the …

High Court Has Ample Power Under Article 226 To Issue Directions Not Specifically Sought Before Tribunal: Kerala HC
3 months, 1 week ago

High Court Has Ample Power Under Article 226 To Issue Directions Not Specifically Sought Before Tribunal: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has said that it is well-established that the High Court can under Article 226 of the Constitution consider the legality of orders passed by Tribunals, adding that it has ample powers to issue directions even when such reliefs are not specifically sought in the plea before the Tribunal. However, the High Court ordered that the disciplinary …

[Maharashtra Elections] Court Can Interfere In Electoral Process Only To Progress And Further It: HC Denies Relief To Candidate Over Rejected Nomination
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4 months, 1 week ago

[Maharashtra Elections] Court Can Interfere In Electoral Process Only To Progress And Further It: HC Denies Relief To Candidate Over Rejected Nomination

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The Bombay High Court last week held that the High Courts do have 'jurisdiction' and 'power' to interfere in the electoral process but the same must be exercised only to further the process or progress of the elections.A division bench of Justices Arif Doctor and Somasekhar Sundaresan, which was presiding over a vacation court on November 6, refused to grant …

Bombay HC upholds election nomination rules, rejects plea for ballot reinstatement
4 months, 1 week ago

Bombay HC upholds election nomination rules, rejects plea for ballot reinstatement

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a nomination for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, reaffirming the judiciary's limited scope for intervention in ongoing electoral processes. The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a nomination for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections The petitioner, Aashish Kishor Gadkari, had …

Election Tribunal's Discretion Under Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules To Appoint Commissioner For Recording Evidence Is Enabling: High Court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Tribunal's Discretion Under Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules To Appoint Commissioner For Recording Evidence Is Enabling: High Court

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The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court ruled that Rule 85 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, did not prohibit the Election Tribunal from appointing a Court Commissioner for examining a witness because the discretion provided in proviso to the Rule made the provision enabling and not prohibitory. A single judge bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur in its order …

Minor Differences In Nomination Form Or Non-Disclosure Of Dues Not Substantial Defect To Materially Affect Election Result: Madhya Pradesh High Court
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Minor Differences In Nomination Form Or Non-Disclosure Of Dues Not Substantial Defect To Materially Affect Election Result: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

While dismissing two pleas challenging the election of Congress MLA Ajay Arjun Singh from Chaurhat constituency, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that mere minor differences in nomination form or non disclosure of dues cannot be termed a "substantial defect" affecting the election result. The election petitioner has to specifically show that how the violations pointed out in the election …

SC Keeps Open Question of Law About Election Petitions as Remedy
10 months, 1 week ago

SC Keeps Open Question of Law About Election Petitions as Remedy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has kept open the question of law on whether filing of election petition is the only remedy for candidates, whose nomination papers are rejected by the returning officers on the grounds of clerical, typographical or technical errors and whether the writ petitions filed before the Telangana High Court regarding this are maintainable or not. The High …

Supreme Court Rejects Congress MLA K Babu's Objections To Maintainability Of Election Petition Filed By CPI(M) Leader M Swaraj
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Rejects Congress MLA K Babu's Objections To Maintainability Of Election Petition Filed By CPI(M) Leader M Swaraj

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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by K Babu, Congress MLA from Kerala, challenging the maintainability of the election petition filed by CPI leader M Swaraj in the Kerala High Court challenging the former's election from Thrippunithura constituency in the 2021 assembly elections.Babu had approached the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court's. The Supreme Court on …

Defection | Withdrawal Of Earlier Petition Against Defection Sufficient Ground To Condone Delay In Filing Subsequent Petition: Kerala High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Defection | Withdrawal Of Earlier Petition Against Defection Sufficient Ground To Condone Delay In Filing Subsequent Petition: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that if an election petition filed before the Election Commission within statutory period is withdrawn, the same will be sufficient cause for another person to seek condonation of delay in moving the subsequent election petition. "Once an original petition is filed before the Election Commission alleging defection within a statutory period and suppose the …

Provide Form For Candidates To Disclose Pending Criminal Cases During Nomination Process: Karnataka High Court To State Election Commission
1 year, 3 months ago

Provide Form For Candidates To Disclose Pending Criminal Cases During Nomination Process: Karnataka High Court To State Election Commission

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Election Commission and other Agencies associated with the election process to implement directions given by the Apex Court pertaining to providing a form in which the contesting candidates are to declare their involvement in pending criminal cases, if any. The petitioner's election had been annulled by the Election Tribunal on the ground …

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Kerala HC Proceedings In Petition Challenging Election Of Congress MLA K Babu
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Kerala HC Proceedings In Petition Challenging Election Of Congress MLA K Babu

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the proceedings in the election petition filed against Congress MLA K Babu pending before the Kerala High Court, challenging his election from the Tripunithura constituency in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections.The Election Petition in the High Court was filed by CPI leader M Swaraj seeking to declare the election of Babu …

Article 227 Can't Be Invoked To Interfere With Lower Court Proceedings Merely On Parties' Requests For Out-Of-Turn Hearings: Kerala High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Article 227 Can't Be Invoked To Interfere With Lower Court Proceedings Merely On Parties' Requests For Out-Of-Turn Hearings: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that although it possesses the authority to ensure that lower courts and tribunals adhere to their prescribed jurisdiction and functions in accordance with the law, this power granted under Article 227 of the Constitution does not grant the High Court the right to intervene in the proceedings of other courts or tribunals merely based …

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'
1 year, 8 months ago

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'

Live Law  

A Calcutta High Court division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta, on Monday, took exception to the fact that a Public Interest Litigation filed by “independent voters” may have been politically motivated. The voters had complained that the unopposed elections of ruling-party candidates from their block, while stopping the nomination of rival “prospective candidates” took away …

Kerala High Court Rejects Objections Against Maintainability Of Election Petition Against Muslim League MLA
2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala High Court Rejects Objections Against Maintainability Of Election Petition Against Muslim League MLA

Live Law  

Rejecting Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram's objections against an election petition pending against him, the Kerala High Court recently said the case will go for trial for a decision on the rejection of 348 ballot papers in the matter.Justice A. Badharudeen in the ruling considered the question whether it is necessary to plead all essential facts in detail and if deviation …

Art 226 | Writ Court Not Refrained From Granting Relief To Which Party Is Entitled Merely Because That Specific Relief Is Not Sought: Kerala HC
2 years, 7 months ago

Art 226 | Writ Court Not Refrained From Granting Relief To Which Party Is Entitled Merely Because That Specific Relief Is Not Sought: Kerala HC

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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, while allowing a writ appeal, observed that the Court exercising power under Article 226 of the Constitution could not refrain from granting a relief to which a party is entitled, merely for the reason that a specific relief had not been sought in petition. Suresh Kumar and Justice C. S. Sudha, observed that, Merely …

Can't Exercise Writ Jurisdiction To Interfere In Election Process Once It Has Commenced: Andhra Pradesh High Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Can't Exercise Writ Jurisdiction To Interfere In Election Process Once It Has Commenced: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently did not intervene in the election process of a Bank registered under the Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Co-operative Societies Act, 1995. Brief Facts of the Case It was the case of the petitioner that he was Member of respondent Bank which was registered under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Co-operative Societies …

Bar Against Hearing Of Election Disputes By Courts U/A 329 Prevails Over High Court's Powers U/A 226 Of Constitution: Andhra Pradesh High Court
3 years, 10 months ago

Bar Against Hearing Of Election Disputes By Courts U/A 329 Prevails Over High Court's Powers U/A 226 Of Constitution: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

In a significant ruling, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the bar against hearing of election disputes by Courts under Article 329 of the Constitution shall prevail over the High Court's powers to issue writs under Article 226 of the Constitution. Refusing to interfere in the election process, the Bench observed, "Bar for entertaining an election dispute under …

"EC, Govt Mandates Cannot Merely Rest On Paper" : Kerala High Court Calls For Effective Compliance With COVID Norms On Poll Counting Day
3 years, 10 months ago

"EC, Govt Mandates Cannot Merely Rest On Paper" : Kerala High Court Calls For Effective Compliance With COVID Norms On Poll Counting Day

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has, in a strongly-ordered enjoined the Election Commission of India, District Collectors, and Commissioners/Superintendents of Police to ensure effective compliance with COVID protocols on the day votes polled in the Kerala Assembly Elections are counted. Declaring that the averments presented a compelling public cause, the Court directed strict compliance with all directives issued by the State …

Legislative Intent Is To Complete Rajya Sabha Election Process Before Members' Retirement : Kerala High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Legislative Intent Is To Complete Rajya Sabha Election Process Before Members' Retirement : Kerala High Court

Live Law  

Pronouncing judgment on petitions challenging the ECI's decision to keep in abeyance the elections that were initially slated for April 12, the Kerala High Court has emphasized that the election to RajyaSabha seats is to be conducted before the retirement of members. "The fact that it is upto the Commission to fix the schedule of election would not mean that …

Prima Facie There Are Discrepancies In Final Voters List; Ensure No Double Voting : Kerala High Court To Election Commission
3 years, 11 months ago

Prima Facie There Are Discrepancies In Final Voters List; Ensure No Double Voting : Kerala High Court To Election Commission

Live Law  

Making a prima facie finding regarding discrepancies in the final voters list, the Kerala High Court has issued interim orders to the Election Commission that it must ensure no person votes more than once. A Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly issued the order on a petition filed by Kerala Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala …

Kerala High Court Seeks Election Commission's Response On Petitions Challenging Deferment Of Rajya Sabha Polls
3 years, 11 months ago

Kerala High Court Seeks Election Commission's Response On Petitions Challenging Deferment Of Rajya Sabha Polls

Live Law  

On Friday, the Kerala High Court sought the views of the Election Commission on two petitions that assailed the Election Commission's decision to keep in abeyance elections to three vacancies from the state in the Rajya Sabha. Asserting that the EC's decision to defer the polls in step with the Ministry's directive amounted to "subservience of the Commission to the …

Kerala High Court Dismisses NDA Candidates' Petitions Challenging Rejection Of Election Nominations
4 years ago

Kerala High Court Dismisses NDA Candidates' Petitions Challenging Rejection Of Election Nominations

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions filed by three candidates of the National Democratic Alliance challenging the rejection of their election nominations for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.A single bench of Justice N Nagaresh dismissed the writ petitions filed by BJP candidates N Haridas and Nivedida Subramaniam, and AIADMK candidate. The Kerala High Court on …

Kerala High Court To Consider BJP Candidates' Challenge Against Rejection Of Election Nominations Tomorrow
4 years ago

Kerala High Court To Consider BJP Candidates' Challenge Against Rejection Of Election Nominations Tomorrow

Live Law  

In a special sitting held on Sunday afternoon, the Kerala High Court sought the response of the Election Commission of India to the petitions filed by two BJP candidates challenging the rejection of their election nominations in Thalassery and Guruvayoor constituencies for the upcoming assembly elections.A single bench of Justice N Nagersh has asked the ECI to file its counter-affidavit. …

'Election Process Can't Be Interfered With' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Consecutive Reservation Of Panchayat President Posts In Kerala
4 years, 2 months ago

'Election Process Can't Be Interfered With' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Consecutive Reservation Of Panchayat President Posts In Kerala

Live Law  

A vacation bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea which challenged the reservation notification issued by the State Election Commission for local body heads on the ground that it lead to successive/consecutive reservations of the posts of Panchayat Presidents and Municipality Chairpersons. "Election process can't be interfered with in the middle", a bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee …

A Person is Disqualified to Contest Elections if Conviction Not Stayed: SC
4 years, 3 months ago

A Person is Disqualified to Contest Elections if Conviction Not Stayed: SC

News 18  

A person stands disqualified from contesting polls under the election law if his conviction in a criminal case, in which a jail term of two or more years has been awarded, is not stayed, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The top court’s observation came in a judgement by which it dismissed an appeal of Saritha S Nair against the …

Anti-Defection Law : Kerala High Court Directs Election Commission To Get Declaration From Candidates About Support From Coalition
4 years, 4 months ago

Anti-Defection Law : Kerala High Court Directs Election Commission To Get Declaration From Candidates About Support From Coalition

Live Law  

In order to avoid ambiguities about the application of anti-defection law, the Kerala High Court has directed the Election Commission to obtain a written declaration from candidates about the support from a coalition. ".it is appropriate to direct the Election Commission to insist on obtaining a declaration from the contestants of a coalition to produce the declaration that the contestant …

11 candidates move HC for permission to contest polls
5 years, 1 month ago

11 candidates move HC for permission to contest polls

The Hindu  

Eleven Independent candidates on Friday moved the Delhi High Court challenging rejection of their nominations for contesting in the upcoming State Assembly polls. The candidates filed their appeal challenging a single-Judge’s January 28 order, alleging that the court had declined to entertain their petitions and wrongly denied restoration, protection and enforcement of their constitutional and legal rights to contest elections …

Why is the JNUSU election result delayed?
5 years, 6 months ago

Why is the JNUSU election result delayed?

India Today  

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union elections got mired in some dispute which reached the Delhi High Court that ordered a stay on declaration of results. The Delhi High Court on September 6 ordered a stay on the declaration of JNUSU results till September 17 while hearing pleas by two students who alleged that their nominations were rejected illegally. JNU …

WB Panchayat Election: SC Quashes Calcutta HC Order Allowing Online Submission Of Nominations, Candidates In Uncontested Seats Can File Election Petitions Within 30 Days [Read Judgment]
6 years, 6 months ago

WB Panchayat Election: SC Quashes Calcutta HC Order Allowing Online Submission Of Nominations, Candidates In Uncontested Seats Can File Election Petitions Within 30 Days [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Supreme Court of India on Friday sets aside the Calcutta High Court order directing the State Election Commission to accept the nominations filed online. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar was pronouncing its judgment on an appeal against the May 8 order of the Calcutta High Court directing the State …

WB Panchayat Election: SC Quashes Calcutta HC Order Allowing Online Submission Of Nominations, Candidates In Uncontested Seats Can File Election Petitions Within 30 Days [Read Judgment]
6 years, 6 months ago

WB Panchayat Election: SC Quashes Calcutta HC Order Allowing Online Submission Of Nominations, Candidates In Uncontested Seats Can File Election Petitions Within 30 Days [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Supreme Court of India on Friday sets aside the Calcutta High Court order directing the State Election Commission to accept the nominations filed online. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar was pronouncing its judgment on an appeal against the May 8 order of the Calcutta High Court directing the State …

West Bengal panchayat polls: Calcutta high court allows filing of nominations through email
6 years, 10 months ago

West Bengal panchayat polls: Calcutta high court allows filing of nominations through email

Live Mint  

Kolkata: The Calcutta high court on Tuesday created a precedent by ruling that the West Bengal State Election Commission ought to have treated as legitimate nominations filed by email, rejecting the commission’s argument that there was no provision under the laws of the state to accept nominations sent by electronic messaging. A division bench of justices Biswanath Somadder and Arindam …

No Court Can Extend Statutory Period To Prefer Election Petition: SC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 10 months ago

No Court Can Extend Statutory Period To Prefer Election Petition: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

No court, whether the high court under Article 226 or this court under Article 32, 136 or 142 of the Constitution can extend the period in election matters, the bench said.The Supreme Court, in Reji Thomas vs. State of Kerala, has observed that once the mechanism provided under the Statute provides for a time schedule for preferring an election petition, …

High Court Orders Transparency in Devaswom Board Nominations and Elections
6 years, 11 months ago

High Court Orders Transparency in Devaswom Board Nominations and Elections

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has highlighted the necessity to make the process of nomination and election of members to the Devaswom Board open and transparent. The court observed that the procedures for both nomination and election of the members to the TDB and CDB are shrouded in utmost secrecy and that it is kept away from public scrutiny or inspection, …

Make Process Of Nomination And Election Of Devaswom Board Members Open And Transparent, Kerala HC Tells Govt [Read Judgment]
6 years, 11 months ago

Make Process Of Nomination And Election Of Devaswom Board Members Open And Transparent, Kerala HC Tells Govt [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Time has now come for the Executive and the Legislature to act and cause framing of appropriate Rules/ Procedure/Mechanism to make the process of nomination and election of members to the Boards open and transparent, the bench said.The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, has highlighted the necessity to make the process of nomination and election of members to …

Amend Rules To Ensure Speedy Disposal Of Election Petitions: Madras HC Tells State [Read Order]
7 years, 9 months ago

Amend Rules To Ensure Speedy Disposal Of Election Petitions: Madras HC Tells State [Read Order]

Live Law  

‘Ensure complete and comprehensive adjudication of Election Dispute assigned to the designated concerned judge/tribunal within the prescribed time.’The Madras High Court has called upon the state to make an endeavour to bring necessary amendments so as to see that election petitions/disputes are determined expeditiously.Justice M Venugopal was considering an election petition by Saidai. ‘Ensure complete and comprehensive adjudication of Election …

Amend Rules To Ensure Speedy Disposal Of Election Petitions: Madras HC Tells State [Read Order]
7 years, 9 months ago

Amend Rules To Ensure Speedy Disposal Of Election Petitions: Madras HC Tells State [Read Order]

Live Law  

‘Ensure complete and comprehensive adjudication of Election Dispute assigned to the designated concerned judge/tribunal within the prescribed time.’The Madras High Court has called upon the state to make an endeavour to bring necessary amendments so as to see that election petitions/disputes are determined expeditiously.Justice M Venugopal was considering an election petition by Saidai. ‘Ensure complete and comprehensive adjudication of Election …

Rejection Of Nomination Papers Can Be Challenged Only After The Completion Of The Election: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
7 years, 10 months ago

Rejection Of Nomination Papers Can Be Challenged Only After The Completion Of The Election: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court, in the case of Sanju Bala vs State Election Commission & Ors, reiterated that if an election can be called in question only after completion of the election unless the action taken or orders are challenged on a case of malafide or arbitrary exercise of power by the authorities conducting the election. Further, the Court held …

Rejection Of Nomination Papers Can Be Challenged Only After The Completion Of The Election: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
7 years, 10 months ago

Rejection Of Nomination Papers Can Be Challenged Only After The Completion Of The Election: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court, in the case of Sanju Bala vs State Election Commission & Ors, reiterated that if an election can be called in question only after completion of the election unless the action taken or orders are challenged on a case of malafide or arbitrary exercise of power by the authorities conducting the election. Further, the Court held …

SC reiterates that once the process of Election starts, no court should interfere with the Election process [Read Judgment]
9 years ago

SC reiterates that once the process of Election starts, no court should interfere with the Election process [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Very often, for frivolous reasons candidates or others approach the courts and by virtue of interim orders passed by courts, the election is delayed or cancelled and in such a case the basic purpose of having election and getting an elected body to run the administration is frustrated, noted the Court.The Supreme Court in an appeal filed by Shri. Very …

SC reiterates that once the process of Election starts, no court should interfere with the Election process [Read Judgment]
9 years ago

SC reiterates that once the process of Election starts, no court should interfere with the Election process [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Very often, for frivolous reasons candidates or others approach the courts and by virtue of interim orders passed by courts, the election is delayed or cancelled and in such a case the basic purpose of having election and getting an elected body to run the administration is frustrated, noted the Court.The Supreme Court in an appeal filed by Shri. Very …

Mechanical rejection of applications by PSC undesirable - Courts can interfere if injustice is meted out to candidate : Kerala HC [Read Jt]
9 years, 7 months ago

Mechanical rejection of applications by PSC undesirable - Courts can interfere if injustice is meted out to candidate : Kerala HC [Read Jt]

Live Law  

In a recent judgment in a Writ appeal, Kerala Public Service Commission vs Roshini K.S, Kerala High Court has held that mechanical rejection of applications by Public service commission is undesirable and the courts can interfere if justice is meted out to candidate. The court held that “whether an infraction of a condition in the In a recent judgment in …

Writ Petition filed in Kerala High Court challenging the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act [Read the Petition]
10 years, 2 months ago

Writ Petition filed in Kerala High Court challenging the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act [Read the Petition]

Live Law  

The Writ Petition has been filed by Adv. Baisil Attipetty of the Kerala High Court, challenging the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014, on the ground that it is violative of Article 50 of the Constitution of India.It further submits that the enactment would infringe the constitutional right to have an independent judiciary free from the clutches of Legislature and …

Delhi HC notice to poll panel on plea for acceptance of nomination
10 years, 11 months ago

Delhi HC notice to poll panel on plea for acceptance of nomination

India TV News  

Delhi HC notice to poll panel on plea for acceptance of nomination New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission and the city government on a petition filed by a practicing woman lawyer seeking direction for the returning officer to New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the …

Persons in custody cannot contest polls in legislative bodies: Supreme Court
11 years, 8 months ago

Persons in custody cannot contest polls in legislative bodies: Supreme Court

Firstpost  

In another pathbreaking verdict to prevent criminal elements from entering Parliament and state assemblies, the apex court ruled that only an “elector” can contest the polls and he/she ceases the right to cast vote due to confinement in prison or being in custody of police. In another path breaking verdict to prevent criminal elements from entering Parliament and state assemblies, …

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