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Indira Gandhi was disqualified and barred from holding office after the Allahabad High Court found her guilty of engaging in 'corrupt practices' during her election campaign. This disqualification was followed by the declaration of Emergency in 1975.

KOHIMA, FEBRUARY 17 (MExN): To fulfill the commitments of 'No voter to be left behind' and ensuring ‘accessible elections' in the upcoming Nagaland General Election, the Nagaland CEO has provided several amenities in polling stations “so that the rigours

While inculcating VVPATs are efficient, the Supreme Court’s absence as a supervisory unit may stand out sorely in future cases.

Law empowers ECP to trash Sindhs decision on LG polls, says Kanwar Dilshad

The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court that it has time and again adopted various measures to curb the menace of money power in polls and one of the reasons for more money being seized today ahead of all elections is due to its ...

PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday imposed a fine of Rs50,000 each on two provincial...

Maintaining that right to contest poll is neither a fundamental right nor a common law right, the Supreme Court has asked a petitioner to shell out Rs 1 lakh for filing a frivolous petition.

The Supreme Court has observed that the right to contest an election is neither a fundamental right nor a common law right and imposed Rs 1 lakh cost on a litigant who sought to contest Rajya Sabha polls without a proposer to propose his name.A ...

SC noted that the Delhi High Court received a writ petition from petitioner Vishwanath Pratap Singh complaining that a Rajya Sabha election on May 12.

The top court reiterated that the right to contest an election was neither a fundamental right nor a common law right, but a right conferred by statute.