By-polls in Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh rescheduled to Nov 20
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 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.
The petitioners have sought to restrain the Central government from going ahead with the appointment of two Election Commissioners.
Since the inception of the scheme in 2018, the SBI has issued Electoral Bonds worth Rs 16,518 crore in 30 tranches.
Kharge raised concerns over the alleged systematic decimation of constitutional bodies.
A 15-member full bench of the ECI headed by its Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar had come on a three-day-long visit to West Bengal and held series of meetings separately with state chief electoral officer (CEO) Ariz Aftab, representatives of eight recognized political parties, commissioners of police, chief secretary, home secretary, director general of police (DGP) and several agencies like Coast Guard and BSF to review preparedness of election process in the state.
The poll panel issued the advisory while taking note of the various trends and cases of plummeting levels of political campaign discourse in recently held elections.
