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India News: Former President Ram Nath Kovind-led panel on 'One Nation, One Election' has invited suggestions from the public for making appropriate changes in exi

The high-level committee on ‘one nation, one election’ was set up on September 2, 2023. It has held two meetings and invited suggestions from national and state political parties.

India News: Amid a political row, an advocate named Gopal Singh has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking to quash a new law that

India News: A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Union of India to implement an independent and transparent system of selection constitut

Advocate Gopal Singh has approached the Supreme Court challenging a new law that grants extensive powers to the central government in appointing the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs), while dropping the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the selection committee. Singhs plea seeks the courts direction to establish an independent and transparent selection system with a neutral committee for the appointment of CEC and ECs.

Filed by Congress Jaya Thakur and others, the petition argues that the provisions of the law are violative of the principle of free and fair polls since it does not provide an "independent mechanism" for the appointment of election commissioners.

PM Narendra Modi will formally inaugurate a temple, Swarved Mahamandir, in Varanasi, and Congress to begin a fundraising drive.

A High Profiled Committee Chaired by President Ram Nath Kovind Aims for Comprehensive Review on "One Nation, One Election" Initiative

The panel had also recently written to the parties seeking their views and an interaction on a

India News: The Supreme Court's direction to the Election Commission to hold assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30, 2024, has cleared the way for