Lok Sabha Polls: SC rejects bedridden woman's plea seeking EC direction to cast her vote through postal ballot
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Polls: SC rejects bedridden woman's plea seeking EC direction to cast her vote through postal ballot

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by a 78-year-old bedridden woman to have her vote cast through postal ballot in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. During the hearing, Justice Bela Trivedi-led bench of the top court rejected the plea by the woman seeking directions from the Election Commission of India to exercise her franchise through postal ballot. SC rejects pleas to revive paper ballots Earlier in April, the apex court had rejected pleas for reviving paper ballots and also 100 per cent cross-verification of votes cast on EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail, holding that suspicions regarding tampering of the voting machines were “unfounded”. Weighing in on the intensely debated EVM issue that has long divided political parties, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said the plea for return to the ballot paper system was "foible and unsound", noting that the weakness of this system was well known and documented.

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Lok Sabha polls highlights: AAP's Somnath Bharti to go bald if Modi becomes PM
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls highlights: AAP's Somnath Bharti to go bald if Modi becomes PM

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the seventh and final phase of voting for general election in Chandigarh on June 1, 2024. Lok Sabha Election 2024 highlights: Voting for the final and seventh phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections, which began at 7 am on Saturday, concluded …

Lok Sabha polls highlights: AAP's Somnath Bharti to go bald if Modi becomes PM
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls highlights: AAP's Somnath Bharti to go bald if Modi becomes PM

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the seventh and final phase of voting for general election in Chandigarh on June 1, 2024. Lok Sabha Election 2024 highlights: Voting for the final and seventh phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections, which began at 7 am on Saturday, concluded …

Lok Sabha Elections : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Rejection Of Independent Candidate's Nomination
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Rejection Of Independent Candidate's Nomination

Live Law  

The Supreme Court refused to entertain the petition filed by Abhishek Dangi challenging his rejection of nomination from Jehanabad Constituency as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Aravind Kumar was hearing a Special Leave Petition challenging the Patna High Court's order that had dismissed the Writ petition filed by him. …

Supreme Court refuses septuagenarian’s plea for postal ballot in LS polls
7 months ago

Supreme Court refuses septuagenarian’s plea for postal ballot in LS polls

The Hindu  

Justice Bela M. Trivedi, heading a Supreme Court Vacation Bench, orally remarked “everybody would like to sit at home and cast their votes” while dismissing a 78-year-old woman’s plea to exercise her constitutional right via postal ballot. Ms. Srivastav’s petition was an appeal against Chhattisgarh High Court’s refusal to give her permission to vote through postal ballot in an order …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Hema Malini Along With Family Urges Public To Cast Vote | ABP News
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Hema Malini Along With Family Urges Public To Cast Vote | ABP News

ABP News  

Hema Malini Casts her Vote for the Phase 5 of Voting dor the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. She is also a candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from mathura Uttar Pradesh. Voting began for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Monday on all 49 parliamentary constituencies across eight states and Union Territories. The eight states …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Plea in Supreme Court questions EC’s delay in release of poll turnout data
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Plea in Supreme Court questions EC’s delay in release of poll turnout data

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi A sharp increase between the initial and final voting percentage in the first and second phases of the parliamentary elections has led to apprehensions in the mind of the electorate, according to an application filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to disclose the authenticated figures of votes polled across all polling …

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time

The Hindu  

Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. At present, women constitute about 49% of the total voters in the State but representation is not even one fourth and this is a cause of serious concern," said Ramesh Chauhan, head of …

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged while PM Narendra Modi runs a government for billionaires from Delhi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik leads a dispensation that works for “select people” in Odisha. Women constituted only 8% of the total 1,618 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender …

Lok Sabha election 2024: Analysis of Candidates contesting in phase 2 polling
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election 2024: Analysis of Candidates contesting in phase 2 polling

The Hindu  

For the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there are a total of 1,198 candidates contesting across all constituencies. Among the major national and state parties, barring Bahujan Samaj Party, all the parties over 40% of candidates with criminal cases, as shown in the bar chart below. Among the candidates analysed of 12 States/UTs going on poll on April …

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Live: Women voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, on Friday. Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Highlights: Voting for the second of seven-phase 2024 India elections began at 7 am on Friday, in 88 constituencies across 12 states and a Union territory. …

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Live: Women voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, on Friday. Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Highlights: Voting for the second of seven-phase 2024 India elections began at 7 am on Friday, in 88 constituencies across 12 states and a Union territory. …

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | 1,202 candidates in fray in phase 2
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | 1,202 candidates in fray in phase 2

The Hindu  

The stage is set for polling in 88 constituencies across 13 States in the second phase of the general election on April 26. Over 15.88 crore voters would exercise their franchise in 1.67 lakh polling stations across the country. Voting in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul, which was also scheduled to be held on April 26, was shifted to the third phase …

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Tamil Nadu exercises its franchise
8 months ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Tamil Nadu exercises its franchise

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu witnessed the first phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections on April 19, 2024. Photo: Special Arrangement Kannamma from Dharmapuri, cast her vote at the Avvaiyar Government Girls Higher Secondary School. Photo: Special Arrangement Brother-sister duo Sareen Taj and Sageer Ahamed cast their votes for the first time in Dharmapuri PC, at Avvaiyar Government Girls Higher Secondary School. …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 102-year-old woman walks to polling booth to cast her vote in Tamil Nadu. Watch
8 months ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 102-year-old woman walks to polling booth to cast her vote in Tamil Nadu. Watch

Hindustan Times  

The first phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha election commenced today at 7 am on April 19. It shows a 102-year-old woman casting her vote in Tamil Nadu. Lok Sabha elections 2024: The image shows a 102-year-old woman in front of a polling booth in Tamil Nadu. ANI shared a video of the woman with a caption that …

2024 Lok Sabha polls: 4th phase seats more evenly contested in past, nomination process begins on Thursday
8 months, 1 week ago

2024 Lok Sabha polls: 4th phase seats more evenly contested in past, nomination process begins on Thursday

Hindustan Times  

The nomination process begins on Thursday for 13 Lok Sabha seats that will go to polls in the fourth phase on May 13. DHAUREHRA In the last Lok Sabha election, BJP’s Rekha Verma defeated the BSP’s alliance candidate Arshad Siddiqi. SITAPUR In 2019, BJP’s Rajesh Verma with 48.3% vote share defeated BSP’s Nakul Dubey who got 38.84% votes while the …

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation
8 months, 1 week ago

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation

New Indian Express  

There are few surprises in candidate selection for this Lok Sabha election. Most of the women in the fray today are daughters, wives, sisters or daughters-in-law of party leaders, anointed to continue the family business, tutored and dictated to by male family members. This election’s series of unsavoury remarks—from women deemed fit only for the kitchen, and certain candidates needing …

Lok Sabha election | SC refuses to intervene for special arrangements to help displaced Manipuris vote
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha election | SC refuses to intervene for special arrangements to help displaced Manipuris vote

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 15 refused to intervene in a petition filed by the Manipur Tribal Forum and two individuals seeking a direction to the Election Commission to make arrangements for persons who had fled the conflict and are currently residing in other States to vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Chandrachud said with merely three days left …

Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Voting Arrangements For Displaced Manipuris, Says Too Late To Issue Directions To Election Commission
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Voting Arrangements For Displaced Manipuris, Says Too Late To Issue Directions To Election Commission

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition seeking voting arrangements for approximately18,000 who got displaced from Manipur due to the ethnic clash to cast their votes in their home constituency in the Lok Sabha General Elections scheduled to take place on April 19 and 26. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Highlights: Uddhav Sena's 1st candidate list to have 16 names, says party leader Sanjay Raut
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Highlights: Uddhav Sena's 1st candidate list to have 16 names, says party leader Sanjay Raut

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Highlights: Campaigning for the general elections is in full swing. While the BJP-led ruling NDA is banking on prime minister Narendra Modi's popularity, the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc's preparations have been hit by the arrest of Delhi chief minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal by the ED in the Delhi liquor policy case. Varun Gandhi, the …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Election Commission to facilitate voting for elderly and disabled voters in Delhi
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Election Commission to facilitate voting for elderly and disabled voters in Delhi

India TV News  

The Election Commission of India has announced plans to facilitate voting for senior citizens and differently-abled individuals by conducting door-to-door services during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Senior and disabled voters in Delhi In Delhi, the final electoral roll published in January revealed that there are 2,63,771 voters aged 80 and above, along with 71,794 differently-abled voters across the seven …

Lok Sabha election 2024 schedule: Seven-phase polling to begin from April 19, result on June 4
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha election 2024 schedule: Seven-phase polling to begin from April 19, result on June 4

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha election 2024 will be held in seven phases beginning from April 19. Lok Sabha Election 2024 Schedule: Chief Election Commissioner announces the election dates. Lok Sabha Election 2024 Date: Live from ECI's press conference Lok Sabha election 2024 schedule Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha election 2024 date: Voting on May 13, result on June 4 By-elections to 26 assembly …

2024 Lok Sabha Polls: Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Urgent Implementation Of 'Women's Reservation Bill'
1 year ago

2024 Lok Sabha Polls: Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Urgent Implementation Of 'Women's Reservation Bill'

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking urgent implementation of the “Women's Reservation Bill, 2023” to ensure the reservation of 33% seats for women in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna granted liberty to the petitioner, a lawyer, Yogamaya MG, who withdrew. …

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Urgent Implementation Of Women's Reservation Bill In Upcoming 2024 General Polls
1 year ago

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Urgent Implementation Of Women's Reservation Bill In Upcoming 2024 General Polls

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking direction on the Union Government and the Election Commission of India to urgently implement the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023, to ensure the reservation of 33% seats for women in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024. As the plea was withdrawn, the court granted liberty to Yogamaya to file …

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rahul Gandhi's Election From Wayanad In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections
2 years ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rahul Gandhi's Election From Wayanad In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the election of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Dipankar Dutta dismissed the petition filed by Saritha Nair, an accused in the high profile solar scam case, whose nomination to contest from Wayanad seat was rejected. The Supreme …

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