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Congress MLA Chanda Singh Gaur Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Refusal To Dismiss Election Petition Filed By BJP MP Rahul Singh Lodhi

Congress MLA Chanda Singh Gaur has approached the Supreme Court challenging Madhya Pradesh High Court's rejection of her plea under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC to dismiss an election petition filed by BJP MP Rahul Singh Lodhi.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, before whom the case was listed today, has posted it to January, 2025. Congress MLA …

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The Supreme Court today set aside Allahabad High Court's imposition of Rs.1 lakh cost on Advocate Mehmood Pracha over a petition filed by him concerning videography during the electoral process. Personal remarks made against the counsel in the impugned High Court order were also expunged.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Manmohan passed the order, upon Election Commission of India …

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AAP's Somnath Bharti on Monday pointed to his 'difficulties' and refused to speak on observations made by the Delhi high court on his appeal challenging the election of BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj from the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat. Accusing Swaraj, who contested her maiden election, of indulging in ‘corrupt practices’ that contributed to her win, Bharti, who was the …

PIL Challenging Rahul Gandhi's LS Election: Allahabad HC Seeks Registry Report On HC's 2016 Directive Against Petitioner's Advocate

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed its registry to submit its report on a 2016 Judgment of the High Court passed related to the advocate representing the petitioner in a Public Interest Litigation plea challenging Rahul Gandhi's election to the Lok Sabha. "This court has perused the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of …

Calcutta HC’s OBC Order Gives BJP’s ‘Muslim Quota’ Charge a New Lease of Life in Last Leg of Elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party started its Lok Sabha election campaign with the ‘Muslim Quota’ charge that may have been a Karnataka issue, but was advertised by the party across India to make a case for appeasement politics against the Congress and INDIA bloc. With just two phases of the elections left, the BJP’s campaign has got a fresh lease of …

BSP MLAs Disqualification: Plea In Supreme Court Against Rajasthan HC's Refusal To Stay Rajya Sabha Election Result

A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Apex Court, assailing the order of the Rajasthan High Court refusing to stay the declaration of Rajya Sabha Election results till the disposal of a PIL pertaining to disqualification of the six MLAs in the state. Six MLAs of the BSP, who were elected to the State Assembly in December, 2018 …

Awadh Bar Association Elections: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Allahabad HC's Guidelines To Conduct Fresh Elections

The Supreme Court today dismissed the special leave petitions assailing Allahabad High Court's order dated August 24 and August 27 of cancelling the election process and imposing some restrictions while conducting elections of the Awadh Bar Association afresh. Case Before Allahabad High Court The bench of Justices Ritu Raj Awasthi and Dinesh Kumar Singh in the suo motu case relating …

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order restricting political parties from physical campaigning during the state by-elections amid the covid-19 pandemic. The high court had on 20 October and 23 October asked political parties contesting by-elections in the state to restrict their campaigning to virtual modes only owing to the ongoing pandemic. The …

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