The Supreme Court on Saturday had refused to stay the counting process. In a special urgent hearing on a holiday (Saturday), a bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice Hrishikesh Roy passed the order after taking note of several notifications and assurances of the SEC that the COVID-19 protocols will be followed at all the 829 counting centres.
UP Panchayat Election 2021: Polling for more than 2 10 lakh seats in 17 districts starts in the final phase naveenbharat.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from naveenbharat.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UP Panchayat Election 2021: 2.21 lakh seats voted in first phase today
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Lucknow: Polling for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021, seen as a semi-final of the 2022 assembly election, will be held in 18 districts on Thursday with voting on Thursday. Polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm.
More than 3.33 lakh candidates are in the fray for more than 2.21 lakh seats in the first phase for the posts of
District Panchayat (Zilla Parishad) Member, Area (Block) Panchayat Member, Gram Panchayat Chief and Ward.
The districts where voting will take place are – Ayodhya, Agra, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhadohi, Mahoba, Rampur, Rae Bareli, Shravasti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Saharanpur, Hardoi and Hathras.
High Courts Weekly Roundup [April 5, 2021 â April 11, 2021]
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A Single Bench of
Justice Ajay Bhanot laid down the procedure to be adopted by the competent authority for inquiring into the criminal antecedents of a candidate for the purpose of selection. It elucidated the type of materials that may be considered by such authority, the standard of proof, and other aggravating/ mitigating factors for the purpose.
The Bench also made it clear that such inquiry is different from a trial/civil proceeding before a Court of law and hence, competent authority is not always bound by the findings of the court, nor is it invariably constrained by the opinion of the investigation officer. The order came on a writ petition filed by one Sanny Kumar, aggrieved by an order passed by the Superintendent of Police, Jalaun, cancelling his selection as Constable in the UP Police, in the backdrop of several criminal cases pending against him.
HC refuses to put off Panchayat polls in Covid surge
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Lucknow: The new building of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court. . Image Source: IANS News
Prayagraj : , April 9 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has refused to postpone UP panchayat elections due to Covid-19 surge, saying that the state has declared that protocol is to be adhered during the poll process.
Dismissing a PIL, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed, The state government, while notifying elections in Panchayat Raj institutions has already declared a protocol to be adhered during the election campaign of the elections. This court has also issued certain directions in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to corona pandemic, for the state government to follow during the entire process of elections.