SC seeks Centre, ECI’s response to lifetime ban for convicted MPs/MLAs from contesting polls
Besides the Central government, the court asked ECI to submit its reply on the plea by a PIL petitioner advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.
Besides the Central government, the court asked ECI to submit its reply on the plea by a PIL petitioner advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.
The poll panel submitted a list of newly-elected candidates to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.
Among the assembly constituencies, Mustafabad registered the highest turnout at 12.43%, while Chandni Chowk recorded the lowest at 4.53% in the first two hours.
The ECI has also called upon citizens, parties, and candidates to report any instances of election related violations using its “cVigil” app.
Releasing its fourth and final list of 38 candidates on Sunday, the AAP has become the first party in the city to declare candidates for all 70 assembly seats in Delhi, even before the announcement of the assembly elections by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The adjustment in by-poll dates aims to ensure higher participation and smoother conduct of the polls across the three states, the ECI said.
The development comes days after the Congress wrote a letter to the poll body, accusing Shukla of clear bias against opposition leaders.
Issuing notice to the Central government and the poll panel, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra tagged the petition along with already pending matters on the same issue.
In the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting for 57 constituencies spread across eight States and Union Territories (UTs) was held on Saturday.
The poll panel has brought to the notice of political parties the existing legal provisions that govern the regulatory framework against the use of misinformation and impersonation using deep fakes.
