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A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma said it cannot issue any such directions at the moment as five phases of polling have concluded and two remain

India News: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined Association for Democratic Reforms(ADR)'s request to direct the Election Commission (EC) to upload pol.

The United States and the Republic of Kazakhstan held their third annual High-Level Dialogue on Human Rights and Democratic Reforms on May 20, 2024, in

At least four candidates in fray in the third phase of assembly elections have murder charges against them, according to data analysed by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). In total, 86 candidates have declared serious criminal cases against them. Among the candidates analysed, 26 have attempt to murder charges, while 28 have cases of crime against women, including two rape cases. Additionally, 19 of the 42 assembly seats are 'red alert' constituencies with three or more candida...

Chhokar points out that in 2019, the ECI had released absolute numbers of gender-wise turnout for the four-phase Lok Sabha elections.

With another week gone at the Supreme Court of India, Live Law is back with its Supreme Court Weekly Digest, dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of the most recent legal developments in the...

The poll panel also said that making Form 17C public could confuse voters about total votes as the document would not include postal ballots.

The Election Commission representative told the Supreme Court that sharing 17C data on website or in public domain may create confusion among the voters and miscreants can morph it and spread lies, which is not good for democratic process.

A row over access to voter turnout data - including critical information about number of votes polled and/or rejected at each booth as available in Form 17C and Form 17C (Part II) - has made headlines as India selects a new union government.

121 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections have declared themselves illiterate, and 359 have stated that they have studied up to the 5th grade, according to an analysis of the reports shared by the poll rights body ADR.