More substantive electoral reforms are required in the country, at least two former election commissioners said as they called for considered deliberations on the two bills that could allow general and state elections to be held simultaneously from 2034. They questioned whether the amendments, including constitutional amendments, proposed by the two bills that the government plans to introduce in Parliament …
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been in the spotlight after the abrupt resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, who was scheduled to succeed Mr. Kumar next year as CEC. Mr. Kumar superannuated as Finance Secretary in February 2020 and in less than 45 days, he was appointed as the chief of the Public Enterprises Selection Board — the body …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government, Sharad Pawar and others in a petition challenging the Bombay High Court’s refusal to interfere in a PIL challenging special permission granted for the purchase of land for the Lavasa Hill Station Project in 2002. The respondents in the petition include the State of Maharashtra, Lavasa Corporation, NCP Chief …
A 1984-batch IAS officer from Jharkhand cadre, Kumar will take over post 31 August. He is likely to preside over the 2024 Lok Sabha polls New Delhi: Retired bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar was appointed the Election Commissioner on Friday in place of Ashok Lavasa, who has resigned. President Ram Nath Kovind cleared Kumar’s appointment with effect from the date of his …
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