The Election Commission of India has issued a detailed clarification before the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision across 12 states and union territories. The Commission underlined that Aadhaar serves only as proof of identity and cannot be treated as proof of citizenship during the electoral roll verification process. The ECI stressed that voting…
The Supreme Court of India will hear on November 11 a petition filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) challenging the Election Commission of India’s decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. The petition, moved by DMK Organising Secretary R. S. Bharathi, argues that the Election Commission’s October 27…
Supreme Court on Bihar voter list transparency The Supreme Court, while hearing pleas related to Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, remarked that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is fully aware of its constitutional responsibilities and must ensure that the final voter list is published only after due verification of all additions…
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired judge to investigate allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about large-scale voter roll manipulation in Karnataka ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and…
Citation : 2003 Local Law (CG) 73 The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a significant ruling, upheld the Election Commission of India’s constitutional authority to control and reassign officers involved in conducting elections. The court quashed interim orders of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which had directed the maintenance of status quo on the transfer of…