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Power Ministry mandates energy accounting of DISCOMs with a view to reduce electricity losses(11.10.2021)
As an important step under the ongoing power sector reforms, Ministry of Power today mandated electricity distribution companies to undertake energy a.....
Tags : Energy accounting, DISCOMs, Electricity losses
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Draft Reporting System on Accounting Separation Regulations, 2016(22.02.2016)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released draft ‘read»
Selection of Special Public Prosecutors for handling CBEC cases before Courts(29.02.2016)
The Central Board of Excise and Customs issued guidelines for selection of Special Public Prosecutors for handling CBEC cases in Subordinate Courts, C.....
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Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st Jan 2022(15.11.2021)
1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021, 10/2021-2022 dated 19.07.2021, 19/2021-20.....
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TRAI seeks review of voice mail, audiotex and UMS licences(14.06.2016)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India introduced a paper discussing the need to licence provision of read»
Constitution of West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission(27.01.2022)
1. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (46) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby notifies f.....
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Extension of date for mandatory electronic filing of non-preferential certificate of origin(24.01.2022)
1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 24/2021-22 dated 15.11.2021, Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021,.....
Tags : Extension, Date, Electronic filing
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Product specifications pertaining to the Electronic Gold Receipts segment in India(28.03.2022)
1. SEBI vide Circular no. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2022/07 dated January 10, 2022, has issued framework for operationalizing the Gold Exchange in India.....
Tags : Product specifications, Electronic, Receipts
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UIAI to become functional soon(12.07.2016)
Marking the ever nearer constitution of the Unique Identification Authority of India, the Central government introduced the Unique Identification Auth.....
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Compulsory manual selection of cases for scrutiny during FY 2016-17(13.07.2016)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes laid down fresh criteria and procedure for manual selection of returns or cases for compulsory scrutiny during the 2.....
Tags : manual selection, income tax, compulsory scrutiny
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TRAI releases Telecommunication Tariff (68th Amendment) Order, 2022 on "Regulatory framework for USSD-based tariff"(07.04.2022)
1. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released Telecommunication Tariff (68th Amendment) Order, 2022 on "Regulatory framework .....
Tags : Telecommunication, Tariff, Release
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Partial relaxation with respect to electronic submission of Form 10F by select category of taxpayers in accordance with the DGIT (Systems) Notification No. 03 of 2022(12.12.2022)
1. Reference is invited to Notification No. 03/2022 dated 16th July, 2022 issued by Directorate of Income Tax (Systems) New Delhi in exercise of power.....
Tags : Partial relaxation, Electronic submission, Form 10F
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Electronic filing and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) under India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA) w.e.f. 29th December 2022(22.12.2022)
1. It is informed that the electronic platform for Certificates of Origin (eCoO) is being expanded to facilitate issuance of Preferential Certificates.....
Tags : Electronic filing, Issuance, CoO
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Bye-election for the seat of Smriti Zubin Irani in the Council of States, elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Gujarat(18.06.2019)
WHEREAS, the seat of Smriti Zubin Irani in the Council of States, elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Gujarat, .....
Tags : Bye-election, Seat, Vacant
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TRAI issues Directions to Access Providers to stop misuse of Headers and Message Templates, and to curb unauthorized promotions using Telecom Resources(16.02.2023)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) under Ministry of Communications, in order to ensure that all promotional messages are sent through R.....
Tags : Directions, Issuance, Telecom Resources
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Measures for the promotion of green growth and renewable energy(01.02.2024)
While enunciating the approach of government towards an all-round, all-pervasive and all-inclusive development, the Union Minister for Finance and Cor.....
Tags : Rooftop Solarisation, Households, Free Electricity
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Service Tax and Central Excise (Furnishing of Annual Information Return) Rules, 2016(15.02.2016)
The Ministry of Finance notified Rules pertaining to forms furnished under Section 15A of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Information return referred to.....
Tags : Service tax, return, annual, electronic
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Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report July-September 2015(16.02.2016)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released performance indicators for the Indian telecom sector for the quarter ending September, 2015. The Re.....
Tags : Telecom, performance indicator, September 2015
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Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st December 2024(26.12.2023)
1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 27/2022-2023 dated 28.03.2023, it is informed that the transition period for mandatory filing of applic.....
Tags : Extension, Electronic filing, CoO
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Clarification regarding Electronic sealing - Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs bonded Warehouses(23.10.2018)
Circular 19/2018-Customs dated 18th June 2018 was issued by the Board to introduce electronic sealing for deposit in and removal of goods from Customs.....
Tags : Electronic sealing, Goods, Removal, Warehouses
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Issuance of Electronic Policies and dispensing with physical documents and wet signature on the proposal form(10.09.2020)
1. This has reference to Regulation 4 of IRDAI (Issuance of e-Insurance policies) Regulations, 2016 and Regulation 18 read with Regulation 8 (1) of IR.....
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Production of EPIC's by the voters during the current bye-election to the House of People from 02-Amritsar Parliamentary Constituency(18.01.2017)
Whereas, Section 61 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides that with a view to preventing impersonation of electors, so as to make the.....
Tags : Bye-election, EPIC, Production
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Import policy for electronics and IT Goods under Schedule - I (Import Policy) of ITC (HS), 2017(08.01.2019)
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amend.....
Tags : Import policy, Electronics, IT Goods
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Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (NP CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st March 2023(01.08.2022)
1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 24/2021-22 dated 15.11.2021, Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021,.....
Tags : Extension, Date, Electronic filing
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MoU signed between POWER GRID and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority(25.01.2017)
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWER GRID), a central Power Sector PSU and CTU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abu Dhabi Water & .....
Tags : MOU, Signing of, Electricity
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Electronic Duty Credit Ledger (Amendment) Regulations, 2022(15.09.2022)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 51B read with section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes an.....
Tags : Electronic Duty, Credit Ledger, Regulations, 2022
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Electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the common digital platform for India's exports w.e.f. 15th April 2021(25.03.2021)
1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, it is informed that the electronic platform for Certificate of Origin (C.....
Tags : Electronic filing, Non-Preferential, Certificate of Origin
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Revised Procedure for electronic filing of Central Excise returns and for electronic payment of Excise duty and Service tax arrears under the new portal www.cbic-gst.gov.in(08.05.2019)
Attention is invited to the Circular No.956/17/2011-C.Ex dated 28.9.2011 issued by the Board with regard to the procedure for electronic filing of CE .....
Tags : Revised Procedure, Electronic filing, Excise returns
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Telecom equipment in the context of notification No. 02/2019-Customs dated 29-01-2019 amending notification No. 57/2017-Customs dated 30.06.3017(13.03.2023)
1. Attention of the field formations is invited to Notification No. 57/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 amended by Notification No. 02/2019-Customs dated.....
Tags : Telecom equipment, Notification, Amendment
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Compulsory manual selection of cases for scrutiny during the Financial Year 2015-2016(31.08.2015)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes lay down procedure and criteria for manual selection of returns and cases for scrutiny during the financial-year 201.....
Tags : Tax, scrutiny, cases, manual selection
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Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th June, 2015(01.09.2015)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released highlights on telecom subscription data as on 30 June, 2015.
Tags : Trai, telecom, highlights, june, 2015
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Extension of Date for mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st December 2023(28.03.2023)
1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 15/2022-23 dated 01.08.2022, it is informed that the transition period for mandatory filing of applicat.....
Tags : Extension, Date, Electronic filing
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Appointment of Election Officer to conduct 13th council elections of Indian Institute of Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors for 1/3rd members who are due to retire on 28th July 2021(24.05.2021)
Authority hereby appoints Ms. Nimisha Srivastava, DGM, IRDAI as the Election Officer for conducting the 13th Council Elections for 1/3rd vacancy arisi.....
Tags : Indian Institute of Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors, Election Officer
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Standards of Quality of Service Regulations and results test drives in Mumbai and Delhi(15.10.2015)
Pursuant to its ‘test drives’ to assess service quality of various telecom providers in the Mumbai and Delhi, TRAI has concluded there had been no sig.....
Tags : Trai, graded, penalty, telecom, parameter, test, drive, assess, metros
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Implementation of Electronic Sealing for containers by exporters under self-sealing procedure prescribed by Circular 26/2017-Cus dated 1st July, 2017 and Circular 36/2017 dated 28th August, 2017(20.09.2017)
1. Representations have been received from several associations seeking information on the availability of RFID Tamper Proof One-time-bolt container s.....
Tags : Electronic Sealing, Containers, Implementation
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Indian Telecom Services Performance indicator Report for April-June, 2015(23.11.2015)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released its “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the period 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2.....
Tags : Telecom, report, performance indicators, 2015
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The return in FORM GSTR-3B of Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 for each of the months from October, 2019 to March, 2020 shall be furnished electronically(09.10.2019)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) read with sub-rule (5) of rule 61 of t.....
Tags : Return, Furnishing of, Electronically
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Indian Railways launches e-Procurement and e-Tendering systems(01.02.2016)
The Ministry of Railways launched Works Module of Indian Railways E-Procurement System and Implementation of 'e-Tendering in Works Contracts'. The new.....
Tags : Railway, electronic, tender, procurement
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Electronic book mechanism for issuance of debt securities on private placement basis(21.04.2016)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India lay a framework for issuance of debt securities on private placement basis through electronic book mechanis.....
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Government of India, Government of Rajasthan and World Bank sign a $250 Million Agreement to Support Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan(28.08.2018)
The Government of India, the Government of Rajasthan and the World Bank signed here today a $250 million Development Policy Loan (DPL) to support the .....
Tags : Agreement, Signing of, Electricity Distribution, Reforms
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Lok Sabha Passes Election Laws (Amendment) Bill(26.02.2016)
Lok Sabha has passed a bill to grant voting rights to people who became citizens of the country following the exchange of enclaves between India and B.....
Tags : Lok Sabha , Election Laws (Amendment) Bill
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Samsung Wins Longstanding Patent Dispute with Apple(29.02.2016)
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC has overturned a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung and held that Samsung Electro.....
Tags : US Court of Appeals, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, Apple
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SC to Telecom Operators: Why Can’t You Fix Call Drops(04.03.2016)
Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea of Cellular Operators' Association of India to exempt telecom firms from paying compensation to consumers for .....
Tags : Supreme Court , Telecom Operators
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Madras HC: 10 Year Practice Criteria for Contesting Bar Elections Valid(07.02.2018)
Madras High Court has upheld the amendments prescribing 10 years of practice experience as a minimum eligibility criteria to contest elections to the .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Bar Elections
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Delhi High Court: Reevaluate How Electronic Documents be Authenticated(08.02.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that courts ought to reevaluate the manner by which they require electronic documents to be authenticated.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Electronic Documents
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Supreme Court: How Can Convicted Politicians Choose Candidates?(13.02.2018)
Supreme Court has asked whether it was right to allow a convicted politician to hold a party position and decide the candidate for elections which he .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Elections
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Supreme Court: Poll Candidates Must Disclose Source of Income(16.02.2018)
Supreme Court has ruled that candidates contesting elections must declare source of their income along with their spouses and dependent children to ke.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Elec
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MP High Court to Bar Council: Follow ‘One Bar One Vote’ Rule in Bar Elections(19.02.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has announced that the upcoming High Court Bar Association elections will be governed by the ‘One Bar One Vote’ principle an.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Bar Elections
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Madras HC Rules ‘Mere FIR Cannot Debar a Candidate from Contesting Election’(27.10.2016)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to reject nomination of AIADMK candidate for Aravakurichi constituency, Senthil Balaji, stating that an .....
Tags : Madras HC, FIR, Election, Aravakurichi, AIADMK
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SC Asks Navjot Singh Sidhu to Face Trial in 2009 Lok Sabha Election Case(27.10.2016)
Supreme Court has Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to face trial in an Election Petition accusing him of excessive spending on newspaper advertisements a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Election Case
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Supreme Court Defers Hearing of Election Petition against Sonia Gandhi(27.10.2016)
Supreme Court has deferred hearing of a plea challenging Sonia Gandhi's Election from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Constituency in 2014 on the issue of her ci.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sonia Gandhi, Election, Rae Bareli
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Madras HC Notices Electoral Officer over Plea Challenging Jayalalitha’s Election(02.11.2016)
Madras High Court has issued notice to Chief Electoral Officer on a petition questioning election of Chief Minister J Jayalalitha from RK Nagar assemb.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Jayalalitha, RK Nagar, election
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Madras HC Slams Advocate for Casting Aspersions on Election Commission(02.11.2016)
Madras High Court came down heavily on an advocate for filing a Public Interest Litigation to postpone elections to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur Assembl.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Aravakurichi, Thanjavur, Election Commission
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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Telecom Regulator's Tariff Order(31.10.2018)
Supreme Court has dismissed the plea challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's March, 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixa.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Telecom Regulator's Tariff Order
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Supreme Court Gives Liberty to Election Commission to Fight Paid News(31.10.2018)
Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi High Court order that questioned EC’s remit over content of speech and paid news.
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commission
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Madras HC Sets Aside Order Disqualifying Panchayat President(14.10.2016)
Madras High Court has set aside an order issued by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) disqualifying a Panchayat president, on ground that th.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission
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Uttarakhand HC Directs Removal of Electrical Fencing(18.10.2016)
Uttarakhand HC while taking suo moto cognizance of a death due to electrocution last year, has ordered removal of illegal electric fences citing threa.....
Tags : Uttarakhand HC, Electrical Fencing, electrocution
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Madras HC Notices State Government, Opposition over Local Body Polls(19.10.2016)
Madras High Court has noticed Principal Opposition Party - DMK and State Government on an appeal moved by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC).....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission
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Supreme Court Asks, ‘Can Clerics Be Tried Under Election Law?’(20.10.2016)
Supreme Court while deliberating on its two-decade-old judgement which declared “Hinduism” as a way of life, has asked if spiritual leaders who aren’t.....
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SC Rejects Plea to Reduce Time for Filing of Accounts of Election Expenses(04.10.2018)
Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Government of India to heed the Election Commission’s proposal and take steps to reduce t.....
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Salary of Professors Insignificant in Election Duties: P&H High Court(10.10.2018)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that mere fact that some teachers are drawing higher salary than the Deputy Commissioner and therefore, cannot .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Election Duties
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RBI Rejects EC Request to Enhance Withdrawal Limits For Poll Candidates(30.01.2017)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected request of Election Commission (EC) to enhance weekly cash-withdrawal limit, imposed after demonetisation, fo.....
Tags : Reserve Bank of India, Election Commission
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Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Disclosure of Income Sources by Poll Candidates(30.01.2017)
Supreme Court has refused to hear petition filed by Lucknow-based NGO Lok Prahari seeking disclosure of sources of income by candidates for Parliament.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Disclosure of Income, Elections
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Delhi HC Seeks Election Commission's Reply Over Plea on Poll Freebies(02.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has asked Election Commission (EC) to respond on steps taken to comply with Supreme Court’s directions on poll freebies.
Tags : Delhi High Court , Election Commission, Supreme Court, Election
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TRAI Gives Clean Cheat to Jio’s Happy New Year Plan(03.02.2017)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has given a clean chit to billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run firm Jio’s free voice calling and data plan on it.....
Tags : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. JIO, Mukesh Ambani
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Bombay High Court Rejects Plea to Suspend Conviction of NCPS Poll Aspirant(06.02.2017)
Bombay High Court has refused to suspend conviction of a Pune-based NCP member in an attempt to murder case, to allow him to file nomination for upcom.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, NCPS, election
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SC Asks Lawyer to Approach ECI with Plea Against Misuse of Election Conduct Rules(05.02.2019)
Supreme Court has asked an advocate to approach Election Commission of India with his plea for measures to stop misuse of Conduct of Election Rules as.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Misuse of Election Conduct Rules
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SC Rejects Centre's Plea to Relieve Forces from Assam NRC Work for Election Duty(06.02.2019)
Supreme Court has rejected Centre's prayer to allow withdrawal of combined armed police forces involved in Assam NRC work for election duty during Lok.....
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Orissa HC Quashes Amendment to Odisha Zilla Parishad Election Rules(31.03.2017)
Orissa High Court has quashed the state government's amendment to Rule 51 of Odisha Zilla Parishad Election Rules of 1994.
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ECI Tightens Poll Code Norms for Electronic and Print Media(31.03.2017)
Election Commission of India (ECI) has tightened poll code norms for electronic and print media by disallowing poll outcome forecasts by political ana.....
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ELECTION - Kerala HC: Nothing Wrong in Sitting MLAs Contesting Elections(28.03.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed the Indian Constitution permits sitting MLAs to contest Lok Sabha elections and the law only prohibits holding two post.....
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Bombay HC Upholds ITAT Order in Birla Telecom Unit Case(02.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has upheld an order of income tax tribunal, which said that Aditya Birla Group’s telecom unit did not violate rules while receiving .....
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Bombay HC Upholds ITAT Order in Birla Telecom Unit Case(02.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has upheld an order of income tax tribunal, which said that Aditya Birla Group’s telecom unit did not violate rules while receiving .....
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Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Separate Election Manifesto for Each Constituency(03.04.2019)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Election Commission of India to mandate all the contesting candidates for Lok Sabha and S.....
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Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Separate Election Manifesto for Each Constituency(03.04.2019)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Election Commission of India to mandate all the contesting candidates for Lok Sabha and S.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Election Manifesto
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Criminal Case Against Samsung Electronics Dismissed by Supreme Court(06.08.2015)
Supreme Court has set aside a criminal case registered against Samsung India Electronics on a complaint alleging cheating and criminal conspiracy by m.....
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Hyderabad High Court Stays Telecom Call Data Case(10.08.2015)
Hyderabad High Court stayed all further proceedings relating to orders passed by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Vijayawada, AP State who directe.....
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Uttarakhand High Court: Don't Criticize Use of Electronic Voting Machines in Elections(05.06.2017)
Uttarakhand High Court has barred all political parties, non-government organisations and individuals from “criticising the use of Electronic Voting M.....
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Madras High Court: Amend Laws to Ensure Speedy Disposal of Election Petitions(12.06.2017)
Madras High Court has called upon State to make an endeavour to bring necessary amendments so as to see that election petitions/disputes are determine.....
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Madras High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Cancellation of Thiruparankundram Byelection(16.05.2019)
Madras High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking either to cancel or postpone the May 19 byelection to Thiruparankundram assembly .....
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Punjab and Haryana High Court Questions State on Free Electricity to Rich Farmers(21.05.2019)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has questioned Punjab and Haryana Governments on free or subsidized power on agricultural pump sets to rich farmers duri.....
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Delhi HC Asks SEC to Hold By-Polls to 13 Wards(21.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has directed State Election Commission (SEC) to hold by-elections to vacant seats in 13 municipal wards of Capital by April 30 next.....
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Himachal Pradesh HC Bans Wall Writings, Posters on Government Property During Assembly Polls(17.10.2017)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has banned wall writings, pasting of posters, cut-outs, hoarding, banners and political flags on government property and d.....
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Bombay HC: Married Woman Can’t Rely On Husband’s Caste To Contest Reserved Seat(24.10.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that a married woman cannot simply rely on her husband’s caste to contest an election from a reserved seat.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules 'Electric Vehicle Registration Fee Unconstitutional'(25.10.2017)
Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down $100 fee for the registration of an electric vehicle as well as $30 for a hybrid by declaring it unconstitution.....
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Supreme Court: Electricity Commission Has No Inherent Power To Alter Tariff Under PPA(30.10.2017)
Supreme Court has held that tariff fixed in terms of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between the power producer and distributor cannot be altered invok.....
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Supreme Court to EC: Don't Post Officials Facing Disciplinary Action in Gujarat Polls(31.10.2017)
Supreme Court has directed Election Commission (EC) not to post any official, against whom disciplinary proceedings have been initiated, in key positi.....
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Supreme Court Permits Tamil Nadu State Cricket Association to Hold Elections(23.09.2019)
Supreme Court has permitted the Tamil Nadu State Cricket Association to hold elections to elect office bearers but said the results will be subject to.....
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Karnataka High Court Upholds Tax on Captive Electricity Usage(14.01.2020)
Karnataka High Court has upheld the validity of the levy of tax on electricity captively generated. The Court has discussed that the incidence of tax .....
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Bombay High Court Asks TRAI to Respond to Broadcasters’ Petition Within a Week(15.01.2020)
Bombay High Court has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to respond by January 20 to the Broadcasters’ Petition challenging its amended N.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Review Petitions of Telecom Companies(17.01.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed the Review Petitions of Telecom companies on Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) payment order. The Companies would have to pay R.....
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Bombay High Court Issues Notice to Devendra Fadnavis in Plea Challenging His Election(17.01.2020)
Bombay High Court has issued a notice to former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis in a Plea challenging his election from Nagpur (South.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Devendra Fadnavis, Challenge to Election
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Supreme Court Seeks Report from Government on Carrying Out 2012 Electronic Vehicle Plan(20.01.2020)
Supreme Court has asked the Union Government to give in detail the steps taken to implement the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan- 2020, a polic.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Electronic Vehicle Plan
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Supreme Court Declines Relief in Election Annulment Case(20.01.2020)
Supreme Court has declined to stay the annulment of Mohd Abdullah Azam Khan’s election in Uttar Pradesh assembly in 2017 from Suar Constituency.
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Delhi High Court Asks ECI to Decide Plea for Inspection of Printed Paper Slips of VVPAT Devices(20.01.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to decide representations made to it for inspection of record of the printed paper slip.....
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Madras HC Stays Proceedings against Puducherry Minister over False Details in his Election Affidavit(03.10.2016)
Madras HC has stayed further proceedings against Puducherry Minister Malladi Krishna Rao on file of the Judicial Magistrate Court at Yanam which has a.....
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Madras HC Cancels Civic Polls Notification(05.10.2016)
Madras HC has set aside notification for civic polls issued by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission and directed Commission to issue fresh notificatio.....
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Election Candidates Must Advertise Their Crime Records in Media: Supreme Court(26.09.2018)
Supreme Court has directed that election candidates, after filing their nominations, should repeatedly make declarations in print and electronic media.....
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Cabinet Approves New Telecom Policy(26.09.2018)
Cabinet has approved new telecom policy named, National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018, which aims to attract $100 billion investment and c.....
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Delhi High Court Awards Rs. 27 Lakh to Electrocuted Teenager's Parents(28.09.2018)
Delhi High Court has asked the municipal corporation authorities to pay over Rs. 27 lakh as compensation to the parents of a 14-year-old boy electrocu.....
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Can’t Deny Compensation to Victim of State’s Negligence because of Dispute in Govt Agencies: Delhi HC(01.10.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that inter se dispute between two government agencies as to who amongst them was negligent in maintenance of electrical inst.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Electrocution
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Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Delhi Govt.'s "Freebie Policy" Of Electricity, Water Subsidies(31.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has dismissed with costs a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Delhi Government's grant of electricity and water concessions, .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, “Freebie Policy" Of Electricity, Water Subsidies
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Madras HC Directs EC to File Affidavit on Assembly Polls Expenses(15.11.2016)
Madras High Court has directed Election Commission (EC) to file an affidavit of expenses incurred for conduct of Assembly Elections to Aravakurichi an.....
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SC: Cancel Licences, Spectrum if AGR Dues of Insolvent Telecom Companies Not Paid(25.08.2020)
Supreme Court has stated that the Government must cancel licences and spectrum of telecom companies that refuse to pay pending adjusted gross revenue .....
Tags : Supreme Court, AGR Dues of Telecommunication Companies
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SC Dismisses Pleas Seeking for Postponement of Bihar Assembly Elections(28.08.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed two pleas seeking for a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner for the postponement of the impending Bihar Assembly .....
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SC Dismisses Pleas Seeking for Postponement of Bihar Assembly Elections(28.08.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed two pleas seeking for a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner for the postponement of the impending Bihar Assembly .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bihar Assembly Elections
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SC Asks Two CERC Members to Go on Leave Until Appointment of Law Member(31.08.2020)
Supreme Court has asked two members of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to go on leave until a Law Member is appointed to the Commission.
Tags : Supreme Court, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
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SC Grants 10 Years Period for Telecommunication Companies to Clear AGR Dues(01.09.2020)
Supreme Court has held that the telecom companies who are liable to pay Aggregate Gross Revenue dues shall make payment of 10% of the dues by 31st Mar.....
Tags : Supreme Court, AGR Dues of Telecommunication Companies
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SC Notices Centre over Plea Seeking Disqualification of Convicted Representatives(08.11.2016)
Supreme Court has issued a notice to Centre in a plea seeking disqualification of Elected Representatives by Election Commission of India upon convict.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Elected Representatives, disqualification, conviction
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Delhi HC Rejects Plea on Simultaneous Lok Sabha- Assembly Polls, But Calls it ‘Good Idea’(09.11.2016)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to Election Commission of India to conduct simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly Polls in .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election Commission, Lok Sabha- Assembly Polls
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Supreme Court Dismisses PIL for Action Against Political Parties for Misusing Religion in Elections(23.10.2018)
Supreme Court of India has dismissed PIL seeking directions to Centre and Election Commission of India to take strict action against political parties.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Elections, Religion
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SC Refers Plea to Make Independent Collegium for Appointment of EC to Constitutional Bench(24.10.2018)
Supreme Court has referred a plea for constituting an independent mechanism for selection of Election Commissioners for the consideration of Constitut.....
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Patna HC Dismisses Plea for Postponement of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020(09.09.2020)
Patna High Court has dismissed two pleas seeking for a direction to the Election Commission for the postponement of the impending Bihar Assembly Elect.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Bihar Assembly Elections 2020
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Centre's Decision to Allow Telecasting of Sudarshan TV(14.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a Petition challenging the Order of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's allowing the telecast of a show '.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Telecasting of Sudarshan TV
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea to Delay Annual Budget(23.01.2017)
Supreme Court has rejected plea seeking postponement of Union Budget presentation ahead of upcoming assembly polls in five States.
Tags : Supreme Court, Union Budget, Elections
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CIC: Donations Received By Electoral Trusts And Its Distribution Thereof Not Personal Information(25.01.2017)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that details of donation received by Electoral Trusts and their further distribution to political partie.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Donations, Electoral Trust
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION - EVMs are 'Information' Under RTI Act: CIC(25.02.2019)
Central Information Commission has ruled that an Electronic Voting Machine is “information” under Right to Information Act and can be demanded by an a.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI Act, Electronic Voting Machine
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ELECTION - SC Says Candidates Having More Than 2 Kids can't be Barred from Contesting Elections(26.02.2019)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking to bar those with more than 2 children from Government jobs and disqualifying them from contesti.....
Tags : Supreme Court, More Than 2 Kids, contesting elections,
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CIVIL - Liability of Past Dues Rests Only with RCom and Not with Reliance Jio: TDSAT(27.02.2019)
Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has said that liability of past dues related to Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) rested only with Re.....
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CIVIL - Liability of Past Dues Rests Only with RCom and Not with Reliance Jio: TDSAT(27.02.2019)
Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has said that liability of past dues related to Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) rested only with Re.....
Tags : Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), RCom
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Supreme Court Rejects Pleas to Allow APTEL Technical Member to Hold Office(21.12.2020)
Supreme Court has rejected pleas to allow the Technical Member of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) to hold office till 31st December, 2020 s.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity Technical Member
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Madras HC to SEC: Conduct Civic Polls By May 14(21.02.2017)
Madras High Court has directed State Election Commission (SEC) to complete local body elections no later than May 14.
Tags : Madras High Court, local body elections
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CRIMINAL - Delhi HC Refuses to Spare 2G Accused of Punishment of Nurturing Trees(07.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has declined request of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and others to spare them the task of nurturing trees, which they wer.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, 2G Accused, Punishment of Nurturing Trees, Swan Telecom
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CIVIL - Pregnancy of Candidates Not Reason to Change Selection Rules: Patna HC(07.03.2019)
Patna High Court has observed that right of a female to have child at pre-employment stage can't compel employer to mould terms and conditions of sele.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Pregnancy of Candidates Not Reason to Change Selection Rules
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ELECTION - Why No Order Yet to Ban Political Ads on Social Media: Bombay HC to ECI(08.03.2019)
Bombay High Court has asked Election Commission of India (ECI) why it was hesitant to issue specific directions to prohibit political advertisements o.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Election Commission of India, ECI, Political Ads
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Quashing of Selection for Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi(05.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking quashing of the entire selection process conducted by the Ministry of Culture for the post of Cha.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Process of Selection of Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi
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Andhra Pradesh HC Dismisses Pleas Challenging SEC Decision to Conduct Gram Panchayat Elections(05.02.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a couple of writ petitions that challenged the State Election Commission (SEC)'s decision to conduct Gram Panc.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Gram Panchayat Elections
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Bombay High Court Refuses Relief to Govt Employee in Bribery Case(07.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to a MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd) employee who was charged with accep.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd
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Madras High Court Quashes Plea Challenging Jayalalithaa’s Election(09.03.2017)
Madras High Court has quashed a petition challenging victory of Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa from R K Nagar constituency in May 201.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Jayalalithaa, Election
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ELECTION - Kerala HC Bans Use of Flex and Non Biodegradable Materials for Election Campaigning(12.03.2019)
Kerala High Court has banned use of flex and other non-biodegradable materials for campaigning throughout state ahead of Lok Sabha elections.
Tags : Kerala High Court, Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Use of Flex and Other Non-Biodegradable Materials
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ELECTION - Don’t Halt Administration Because of Poll Code: Bombay HC(12.03.2019)
Bombay High Court has told Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other state authorities in Maharashtra to ensure that implementation of model .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, BMC, Election Code of Conduct, Poll Code
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ELECTION - Why No Rule for Assets Disclosure by Candidates: SC to Centre(13.03.2019)
Supreme Court has asked Centre why it had not amended Conduct of Election Rules, as per SC’s 2018 ruling, for compulsory disclosure of assets and sour.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election, Asset Disclosure
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ELECTION - SC Agrees to Hear DMK’s Plea on Byelection to Three Seats(14.03.2019)
Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition filed by DMK, seeking a direction to Election Commission (EC) to notify the bypolls and publish election s.....
Tags : Supreme Court, DMK, Byelection
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Telangana HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Conduction of Election for Municipal Corporations(16.02.2021)
Telangana High Court had issued notices to State government in a Public Interest Litigation petition seeking to conduct elections to Warangal and Kham.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Election for Municipal Corporations
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Punjab and Haryana HC Rules ‘MLAs, MPs Can Vote in Local Bodies Election’(06.12.2016)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that MLAs and MPs are fully entitled to vote in elections for office-bearers of local bodies.
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, MLAs, MPs, Local Bodies Election
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Allahabad HC Defers Judgment on PM Narendra Modi’s Election from Varanasi Lok Sabha Seat(06.12.2016)
Allahabad High Court has deferred pronouncement of verdict on petition challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election from Varanasi Lok Sabha sea.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Narendra Modi, election, Varanasi Lok Sabha
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Delhi HC: No Escape for Power Discoms in Electrocution Cases if Lapses Found(07.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has said that Power Discoms can't escape liability in cases of electrocution if it is found that there were maintenance/safety lapses.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, electrocution, safety lapses
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Stop Giving Electricity to Buildings that Violate Plan: Madras High Court(20.11.2018)
Madras High Court has said that authorities must disconnect electricity connection of such buildings that are built in violations of approved plans.
Tags : Madras High Court, Electricity to buildings that violate plans
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SC Invalidates MP State Bar Council Election to the Post of Representative to BCI(26.11.2018)
Supreme Court has upheld Madhya Pradesh High Court order that invalidated the election conducted by the State Bar Council in 2014 to the post of repre.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bar Council of India, MP State Bar Council Election
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Kerala HC Dismisses PC George MLA's Plea Seeking Postponement of Local Body Elections(06.11.2020)
Kerala High Court has dismissed pleas challenging the conduct of elections to Local Bodies in Kerala, for the year 2020, in the midst of COVID-19 pand.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Local Body Elections
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Supreme Court Stays Allahabad HC Order Directing ECI to Hold Bye-Elections UP's Suar Constituency(09.11.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing the Election Commission for holding by election for the Assembly Constituency Suar, .....
Tags : Supreme Court, UP's Suar Elections
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Karnataka HC Directs SEC to Announce Schedule of Panchayat Elections(17.11.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to finalise the schedule of conducting elections to Grama Panchayats in the stat.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Schedule of Panchayat Elections
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Allahabad High Court: Ensure Free & Fair Election in Kairana(07.02.2017)
Allahabad High Court has directed Uttar Pradesh DGP and other authorities to ensure law and order and facilitate free and fair polling in Kairana town.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Kairana, Election
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Delhi HC: Court Must Not Interfere in Poll Process(07.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has observed that Courts should ordinarily refrain from interfering with election process once it has commenced and even if there is .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election
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Bombay HC Directs SEC to Consider Reshma Bhosale As Independent Candidate(09.02.2017)
Bombay High Court has directed State Election Commission (SEC) to consider Reshma Bhosale as an independent candidate, contradicting decision of Retur.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Reshma Bhosale, Election Commission
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Punjab & Haryana HC Stays MCG Election(09.02.2017)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed process to hold MCG elections on a plea that challenged redrawing of ward boundaries, which was undertaken as.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court , MCG elections
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Delhi HC Orders Maintaining Status Quo in Plea Against Declaration of Reliance Accounts Fraudulent(30.12.2020)
Delhi High Court has ordered the banks to maintain status quo in a plea by Anil Ambani's Reliance Communication Ltd (RComm) and Reliance Telecom Ltd (.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Reliance Communication Ltd., Reliance Telecom Ltd.
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SC Stays TDSAT Order Which Set Aside DoT Demand for License Fee from Internet Service Providers(06.01.2021)
Supreme Court has stayed the order of the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) which directed the Union of India to refund the amoun.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal, Internet Service Provider
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Punjab & Haryana HC Asks Election Commission to Check Drugs Supply During Elections(10.01.2017)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Chief Electoral Officer of Punjab and Chief Election Commissioner of India to ensure that drugs are not suppli.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Election Commissioner, drugs, election
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Delhi HC Slams Lawyers For ‘Defacing’ Court Premises With Election Posters(12.01.2017)
Delhi High Court came down heavily on lawyers for “defacing” court premises by putting up posters for the upcoming elections for Executive Committee o.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election Posters, Delhi Bar Association
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Hyderabad HC Refuses to Stay Cricket Association’s Election(12.01.2017)
Hyderabad High Court has refused to stay elections of Hyderabad Cricket Association scheduled to be held on January 17.
Tags : Hyderabad High Court, Hyderabad Cricket Association, Election
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Supreme Court: 'No Law to Bar Centre From Advancing Union Budget'(13.01.2017)
Supreme Court, while asking for legal provisions in support of plea seeking postponement of Budget presentation due to Assembly Elections in five Stat.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Annual Budget, 2017-18, Assembly Elections
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Allahabad HC Directs EC to File Reply on Plea Seeking Freezing of Lotus as BJP’s Election Symbol(11.12.2020)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to file its reply on a Public Interest Litigation seeking freezing of the lotus as .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Freezing of Lotus as BJP’s Election Symbol
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Karnataka HC Initiates Suo-motu Petition to Ensure Elections Are Held to Municipal Bodies(15.12.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the registry to initiate a suo-motu writ petition to issue directions to State Government and the State Election Com.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Elections to Municipal Bodies
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION - Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Putting EVMs Under RTI(19.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has stayed Central Information Commission order holding that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) fall within the preview of RTI Act.
Tags : Delhi High Court, RTI Act, Electronic Voting Machines, Central Information Commission
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ELECTION - Madras HC Dismisses Plea against LS Polls On Maundy Thursday(25.03.2019)
Madras HC while dismissing pleas seeking to reschedule the election date in Tamil Nadu to any other day than Maundy Thursday has observed that it is t.....
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ELECTION - SC to Election Commission: Cross-check More Votes on VVPATs(25.03.2019)
Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to consider increasing the number of VVPAT’s that are used to randomly verify votes cast by Electronic.....
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ELECTION - Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Ban on Roadshows, Bike Rallies During Polls(25.03.2019)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea filed by former DGP of Uttar Pradesh seeking a direction to the Election Commission to ban roadshows and.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commission
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CRIMINAL - Delhi HC Refuses to Hear 2G plea Unless all Trees Planted as per its Earlier Order(27.03.2019)
Delhi High Court while refusing to hear 2G plea observed that it will not proceed with the case until the accused, including Swan Telecom's Shahid Usm.....
Tags : Delhi HC, 2G plea, Swan Telecom's Shahid Usman Balwa
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ELECTION - SC Directs EC to Consider Alloting of Common Symbol to TTV Dhinakaran’s Party(27.03.2019)
Supreme Court has directed Election Commission of India to consider alloting a common symbol for 59 candidates of unregistered political party Amma Ma.....
Tags : Delhi HC, 2G plea, Swan Telecom's Shahid Usman Balwa
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Kerala HC Bars Aided School Teachers from Contesting Assembly Elections(25.02.2021)
Kerala High Court has barred aided school teachers and non-teaching staff from contesting Assembly elections in a few public interest litigations seek.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Assembly Elections
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Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Government’s Reply to Telcos’ Understated Income(14.12.2016)
Punjab & Haryana HC has sought responses from Government, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Comptroller.....
Tags : Punjab & Haryana High Court, telecom companies, Understated Income
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Supreme Court: Elected Government in Delhi Must Have Some Power to Function Properly(15.12.2016)
Supreme Court, while hearing contentions of Centre and AAP Government, has observed that Delhi is no doubt a Union territory, but Elected Government m.....
Tags : Supreme Court, AAP Government, Elected Government
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Allahabad High Court Seeks Info Pertaining Dates of UP Assembly Elections(19.12.2016)
Allahabad High Court has asked Election Commission of India to apprise it about the dates of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections.
Tags : Allahabad High Court, UP Assembly Elections
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TDSAT Dismisses ISP Netmagic’s Plea Against DoT’s AGR Demand(23.11.2020)
Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has dismissed Internet service provider (ISP) Netmagic Solutions' plea to prevent the Departm.....
Tags : Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal, Adjusted Gross Revenue Demand
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SC Dismisses Ex-BSF Jawan's Plea Challenging PM Narendra Modi's Election from Varanasi(24.11.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by Ex- BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's petition challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi .....
Tags : Supreme Court, PM Narendra Modi’s Election from Varanasi
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DoT: Landline Users to Add Zero Before Mobile Numbers from January 1(26.11.2020)
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said that landline users will have to add a zero before calling any mobile number 1st January, 2021 onwards.....
Tags : Department of Telecommunications, TRAI Recommendations
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Supreme Court Seeks EC's Response Over Plea Alleging EVM Tampering(24.03.2017)
Supreme Court has sought a response from Central Election Commission (CEC) on a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of Electron.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Electronic Voting Machines
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Investments in Aditya Birla Telecom by Mauritius Entity Not a Device to Evade Tax: Bombay HC(09.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has ruled that large investments in Aditya Birla Telecom through Mauritius Entity is not an instance of a colourable device to evade.....
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SC Directs Political Parties to Submits Details Of Donations Received Through Electoral Bonds To EC(12.04.2019)
Noting that the issue of Electoral Bonds (EB) is a weighty one which is significantly apposite to the sanctity of the election process, the Supreme Co.....
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SC Directs Political Parties to Submit Details Of Donations Received Through Electoral Bonds To EC(12.04.2019)
Noting that the issue of Electoral Bonds (EB) is a weighty one which is significantly apposite to the sanctity of the election process, the Supreme Co.....
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SC Directs Political Parties to Submit Details of Donations Received Through Electoral Bonds to EC(12.04.2019)
Supreme Court has declined to stay Electoral Bond Scheme ahead of 2019 general elections after noting that issue of Electoral Bonds (EB) is a weighty .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Donation, Election
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Andhra Pradesh HC Suspends SEC Order Grounding Ward Volunteers During Municipal Election(05.03.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has suspended the State Election Commission’s order for grounding the ward volunteers from the process of municipal election.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Grounding Ward Volunteers During Municipal Election
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Delhi High Court: Candidature Rejection For Failing to Declare Gender 'Improper'(15.05.2017)
Delhi High Court has declared as improper rejection of a woman’s candidature for Municipal Elections on the ground of her having failed to declare her.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election, Candidature
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Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Proposes To Introduce E-Hearing From June(19.05.2017)
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed to introduce e-hearing facility from June, 2017.
Tags : Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, E-Hearing
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Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines for Search of Smartphones, Laptops, Electronic Gadgets, Etc(15.03.2021)
Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to be followed by investigating officers regarding the manner of carrying out a search and/or for preservat.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Guidelines for Search of Smartphones, Laptops, Electronic Gadgets, Etc
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Delhi High Court Stays GNCTD Order Suspending Electric Vehicle Subsidy for Tata Nexon EV(15.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has stayed the operation of an order dated 1st March 2021 passed by Deputy Commissioner of Government of NCT Delhi directing suspensi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Electric Vehicle Subsidy, Tata Nexon Electric Vehicle
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SC Issues Notice on Plea for Declaring Elections Invalid If Maximum Voters Opt for NOTA(15.03.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation to direct the Election Commission of India to use its plenary power under Article 324 .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Invalid Elections
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Andhra Pradesh HC Sets Aside SEC Order for Inquiry into Unanimous Election(17.03.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside the State Election Commission (SEC)’s order for an inquiry into the unanimous election of candidates for the M.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Inquiry into Unanimous Election
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SC Directs ECI to Watch PM Modi Biopic and Decide Whether It can be Screened During Poll Time(15.04.2019)
Supreme Court has directed Election Commission of India to watch biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and report back to court in sealed cover as to.....
Tags : Supreme Court, PM Modi Biopic, Election Commission
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Staff of Private Aided Schools can’t be Appointed for Election Duty: Bombay HC(16.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has held that People's Representation Act, 1950, does not empower Election Commission (EC) or any of its officers to requisition ser.....
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Bombay HC Sets Aside ECI's Decision to Conduct By-Election for Katol Assembly Constituency(18.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has quashed the decision of Election Commission of India (ECI) to fill up a casual vacancy in Katol assembly constituency in Nagpur,.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Election, Katol Assembly Constituency
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Fine & Debarment of Candidates Not Wearing Masks(22.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a petition seeking debarment an.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Covid-19 Mask Guidelines During Assembly Elections
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Fine & Debarment of Candidates Not Wearing Masks(22.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a petition seeking debarment an.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Covid-19 Mask Guidelines During Assembly Elections
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Madras HC Passes Interim Orders on Plea Seeking Tighter Security During Assembly Elections(25.03.2021)
Madras High Court has passed interim orders on a writ petition filed by the DMK seeking tighter security measures in the ensuing Assembly election. Th.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Assembly Elections
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Allahabad HC: Electricity Board Strictly Liable For Loss Caused Due To Energy Transmission(26.04.2017)
Allahabad High Court has issued directions to State to ensure that adequate safety measures are undertaken by Electricity Department.
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Uttarakhand High Court: Seal, Seize All EVMs Use in Vikasnagar Constituency Polls(28.04.2017)
Uttarakhand High Court, while hearing a petition alleging tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Vikasnagar constituency, has ordered that .....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)
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Uttarakhand High Court Orders to Seal EVMs in Six More Constituencies(02.05.2017)
Uttarakhand High Court has ordered sealing of EVMs in six more constituencies of State — Mussoorie, Rajpur Road (Dehradun), BHEL Ranipur, Raipur, Prat.....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)
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Telangana HC to EC: No Poll Notification for Three MLC Seats(10.05.2019)
Telangana High Court has directed Election Commission (EC) not to issue a poll notification to those MLC seats that have become vacant on account of d.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Election Commission, Telangana legislative council
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Karnataka HC: When Consumer Purchases Electricity from Open Access Source, Electricity Tax Payable(06.04.2021)
Karnataka High Court has held that whenever a consumer purchases electricity from Open Access Source, the tax on electricity will be chargeable on the.....
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Allahabad High Court Refuses to Postpone UP Panchayat Elections Due to Covid Surge(08.04.2021)
Allahabad High Court has refused to postpone the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Election, scheduled to be held from 15th April, 2021, in light of the recent .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, UP Panchayat Elections
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MP HC Rejects Plea Seeking Action Against Election Commission for Conducting Elections(28.04.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has disposed of a plea filed seeking actions against the Election Commission of India for the State Legislative Assemblies o.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Election Commission of India
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Kerala High Court Disposes Cases Seeking Lockdown During Election Counting Day(28.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has closed proceedings seeking directions calling for prohibition on large gatherings or the declaration of lockdown in the State on.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Lockdown During Election Counting Day
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Telangana High Court Asks State Election Commission Over Decision to Conduct Local Elections(30.04.2021)
Telangana High Court has pulled up the State Election Commission for allowing campaigning and holding elections amid the havoc created by second wave .....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Local Elections
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AP HC: Bar Against Hearing of Election Disputes by Courts Shall Prevail Over HC Power to Issue Writs(03.05.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the bar against hearing of election disputes by Courts under Article 329 of the Constitution of India, 1949 sh.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Bar Against Hearing of Election Disputes
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APTEL Directs TANGEDCO to Supply Electricity to Vedana Sterlite’s Copper Plant in Tuticorin(05.05.2021)
Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has directed the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) to supply electricity to Ved.....
Tags : Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation
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J&K High Court Seeks Reply on Residents’ Rehab Plea over Kishenganga Hydroelectric Power Project(21.09.2015)
J&K HC has issued notice to State Govt. and National Hydro Electric Power Corporation for response on a petition seeking directions for rehabilitation.....
Tags : J&K HC , Kishenganga Hydroelectric Power Project
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SC to Centre: Why No Transparent Procedure For Appointing CEC & ECs?(05.07.2017)
Supreme Court has posed several pointed questions to Centre regarding the lack of proper procedure for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commissioners
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SC Seeks EC’s Reply Over Plea for VVPAT Use in Upcoming Gujarat Polls(07.07.2017)
Supreme Court has sought response from Election Commission on a PIL seeking to conduct upcoming Gujarat assembly election through Voter-verified Paper.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commission
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Telangana HC: Municipal Elections Must be Held Within Five Months(26.06.2019)
Telangana High Court has directed Sate Government that the municipal elections in the state must be conducted within five months.
Tags : Telangana High Court, municipal elections
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Karnataka High Court Directs State to Provide Electricity to All Anganwadi Centres in State(22.04.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to take immediate steps for providing electricity supply to all anganwadi centers in the state.
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Electricity to All Anganwadi Centres
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Allahabad HC Issues Notice Over Death of 135 Panchayat Election Duty Staff(28.04.2021)
Allahabad High Court has taken Judicial notice of the death of 135 persons, who were on election duty during Panchayat elections in the State, due to .....
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Calcutta High Court Questions IAS Officer Alapan Bandyopadhyay’s Appointment as SEC(12.10.2015)
Calcutta HC has questioned State Govt’s decision to appoint senior IAS officer Alapan Bandyopadhyay, as the acting State Election Commissioner (SEC) a.....
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Gujarat High Court Issues Notice to Govt., EC on PIL Alleging Minister’s Fake MBA Degree(14.10.2015)
Gujarat HC has served notices to State Government, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Shankar Chaudhary and Election Commission (EC) on a.....
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Gujarat High Court Slams State Election Commission(15.10.2015)
Gujarat HC has slammed State Election Commission and said that election commission was for furtherance democracy and not for diluting the process of l.....
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#Selection & Appointment: SC Says 'Procedure Prescribed by Executive Valid If It Not in Conflict'(02.08.2017)
Supreme Court has held that in matter of selection and appointment, instructions pertaining to procedure of selection can be provided by Executive as .....
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#Election Affidavit: Gujarat HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Filing of Supporting Documents(03.08.2017)
Gujarat High Court has dismissed a plea seeking a direction requiring contesting candidates in elections to submit documents in support of averments m.....
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SC Gives Time to Tamil Nadu SEC to Conduct Local Body Elections in Nine New Districts(23.06.2021)
Supreme Court has given the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (SEC) time to work, if necessary 24 hours a day, and hold the local body elections in.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission
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Gujarat HC Directs SEC to do NOTA Promotion for Local Body Elections(17.11.2015)
Gujarat High Court has ordered State Election Commission (SEC) to further promote option of None Of The Above or NOTA among voters in coming local bod.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, State Election Commission , NOTA
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Madras HC Orders Conduct of Local Body Elections in TN by Nov. 17(04.09.2017)
Madras High Court has ordered conduct of local body elections in the State by November 17. The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission was ordered to iss.....
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Supreme Court: Unsuccessful Candidate is Estopped from Challenging Selection Process(14.09.2017)
Supreme Court has held that once a person took part in process of selection and was not found fit for appointment, the said person was estopped from c.....
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Karnataka HC Directs Gulbarga Electricity Company to Reconsider Decision on Recovery of Dues(13.07.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited to reconsider its decision to recover unpaid electricity dues of the.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Recovery of Electricity Dues
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Calcutta HC Issues Notice in Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Against Nandigram Results(15.07.2021)
Calcutta High Court has issued notice to Suvendu Adhikari, the elected candidate of BJP on the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister M.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Suvendhu Adhikari, Mamata Banerjee, Nandigram Election Results
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Kerala HC Quashes Tender Floated by KSEB for Procurement of Electric Poles(16.07.2021)
Kerala High Court has quashed the tender floated by the KSEB for procuring electric poles of 8 m length with a working load of 140 kg. The Court has c.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Tender Floated by KSEB for Procurement of Electric Poles
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P & H HC: Allowing Convicts with up to Two Year Jail Term to Fight Elections Requires Scrutiny(27.08.2019)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a provision in the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which allows a convict with up to two-year jai.....
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DGFT Extends Date for Mandatory Electronic Filing of Non-Preferential CoO(20.07.2021)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the extension of the date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Ori.....
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CBDT Extends Electronic Filing IT Forms 15CA/15CB Till August 15(21.07.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB till 15th August, 2021.
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MP High Court Allows Plea of SC-PwD Candidate in Civil Judge Selection(26.07.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that vertical reservation can be granted in favor of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.....
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Madras HC Orders Notice on Election Petition Challenging Victory from Katpadi Assembly Constituency(27.07.2021)
Madras High Court has ordered notice to Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan on an election petition challenging his victory from Katpadi Assembl.....
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Kerala HC Issues Notice on LDF Candidate M Swaraj's Challenge Against Tripunithara Election Results(29.07.2021)
Kerala High Court has issued notice to Congress candidate K Babu in the election petition filed against him by CPI (M) leader and former Tripunithara .....
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Gujarat HC Cancels Candidature of Underage Contestant(30.11.2015)
Gujarat HC has canceled candidature of an underage candidate in Jasdan muncipality after election officials cleared his nomination papers without prop.....
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Gujarat HC to SEC: Make Poll Affidavits Available Online(01.12.2015)
Gujarat High Court has directed State Election Commission (SEC) to upload all the poll affidavits of candidates contesting local body polls within the.....
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Hyderabad HC Directs Election Commission on Mass Deletions from Voters List(04.12.2015)
Hyderabad High Court has directed Election Commission of India to pass final orders and intimate final decision by December 10, on mass deletion of 6......
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Madras High Court Seeks Jayalalithaa's Fingerprint Details From Bengaluru Jail(29.11.2017)
Madras High Court Seeks Jayalalithaa's Fingerprint Details From Bengaluru Jail
Tags : The matter relates to a petition filed by P Saravanan, DMK candidate for the November 2016 Thirupparankundram Assembly bypoll, challenging the election of AIADMK's A K Bose.
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Kerala High Court Directs State to Speed Up Reconstitution of Selection Committee(31.08.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the State to speed up the reconstitution of the selection committee and finalise the selection to the post of Chief Inv.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Contempt Application Filed By Telecom Watchdog(03.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on an application for initiation of contempt, filed by Telecom Watchdog in the case pertaining to grant of telecom .....
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Karnataka HC Allows Govt. Employee Who Quit Job to Contest Zilla Panchayat Elections(08.02.2016)
Karnataka HC, while providing temporary reprieve to a 33-year-old employee of a government high school who “quit” his job to contest the elections to .....
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P&H HC: Pregnancy No Hitch for AMC Selection(10.02.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that a woman candidate couldn't be permanently debarred from joining as doctor in Army Medical Corps (AMC) on ground t.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC, AMC Selection
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Voting Map(23.01.2018)
Pennsylvania Supreme Court has struck down the state's congressional district map, saying it "clearly, plainly and palpably" violates the state Consti.....
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Supreme Court: Offences Relating to Theft of Electricity Compoundable(29.01.2018)
Supreme Court has held that the offence of ‘interference with meters or works of licensee’ under section 138 of the Electricity Act of 2003 also relat.....
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Orissa High Court Annuls Election of Sundargarh Congress MLA(31.01.2018)
Orissa High Court has declared the election of Congress MLA from Sundargarh (ST) Assembly constituency Jogesh Chandra Singh as null and void after fin.....
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Supreme Court: Courts Can Rely on Electronic Records Sans Certificate(05.02.2018)
Supreme Court has held that the requirement of a certificate to make an electronic evidence admissible is not mandatory "wherever interest of justice .....
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P&H HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Rule of Haryana Municipal Election Rules 2020(23.09.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to the Haryana government on a petition challenging a rule of Haryana Municipal Election (Amendment) R.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Haryana Municipal Election Rules 2020
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Gujarat HC Observes Inconsistency In State And Central Election Commission Rules(05.04.2016)
Gujarat HC, while observing inconsistency in State and Central Election Commission Rules has said that both Commissions being Constitutional bodies sh.....
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Supreme Court Postpones Elections For Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh For 3 Months(19.03.2018)
Supreme Court has postponed the elections for the State Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh for a period of three months.
Tags : Supreme Court, Bar Council, Elections
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Bombay HC Dismisses Election Petition Challenging Nitin Gadkari's Election from Nagpur(14.02.2020)
Bombay High Court has dismissed an election Petition filed by one Manohar Dabrase challenging Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's election from Nagpur cons.....
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SC Issues Contempt Notices Against Telecom Companies Which Have Not Paid AGR Dues(14.02.2020)
Supreme Court has issued contempt notices to the telecom companies which have not yet paid the dues arising out of the October 2019 judgment which int.....
Tags : Supreme Court, AGR Dues, Telecom Companies
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SC: Writ Jurisdiction in Election Matters Not Appropriate Where Alternative Machinery Available(17.02.2020)
Supreme Court has held that once alternate machinery is provided by the statute, the recourse to writ jurisdiction in matters related to elections is .....
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SC Issues Notice in PIL Seeking Intervention in Problem of Elephant Deaths Due to Electrocution(05.01.2022)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation filed seeking court's urgent intervention in relation to the problem of elephant death.....
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SC Asks Telcos to Declare Call Drops Never Exceeded 2% Threshold(11.03.2016)
Supreme Court has asked telecom operators to give undertaking that call drops have never exceeded 2 per cent threshold and no penalty was ever levied .....
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Supreme Court Stays Madras High Court Order on Bar Council Elections(22.02.2018)
Supreme Court has stayed the order passed by the Madras High Court on February 16, in which the High Court had issued a slew of directions aimed at en.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Telecom Companies’ Plea to Hold Open- Court Hearing(09.01.2020)
Supreme Court has rejected the request of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Tata Teleservices, Hughes Communications India and some state-run firms for an.....
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Delhi High Court Directs Chief Minister to Make General Remarks in Election Campaigns(10.01.2020)
Delhi High Court has asked the Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal to make general remarks that do not point a finger with regards to his bribery- related.....
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SC Directs Manning of Polling Booths in View of Allegations of Violence on Election Day(26.11.2021)
Supreme Court has directed the Home Secretary of Tripura Government, the State Election Commission and the Director General of Police to ensure that e.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Allegations of Violence on Election Day
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea Against Reserving More Wards for Women in Municipal Corporation Elections(30.11.2021)
Madras High Court has dismissed as withdrawn a public interest litigation filed by Advocate R. Parthiban challenging the number of seats allotted to W.....
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Delhi High Court Refuses Plea Against Telecoms Over Shutdown During Protests(24.12.2019)
Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a plea which alleged that telecom services were disrupted in various parts of the national capital during th.....
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DGFT Notifies Extension of Date for Mandatory Electronic Filing of Non-Preferential CoO(16.11.2021)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the extension of the Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Ori.....
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Deli HC Asks to Give Clean Chit to Player Manik Batra Over Non-Selection for Championship(16.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked the Table Tennis Federation of India to give a clean chit to player Manika Batra, who had made a complaint against the nati.....
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Deli HC Asks to Give Clean Chit to Player Manik Batra Over Non-Selection for Championship(16.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked the Table Tennis Federation of India to give a clean chit to player Manika Batra, who had made a complaint against the nati.....
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Karnataka HC Requests Government to Consider Handing Over of Old Election Building(16.11.2021)
Karnataka High Court has requested the State government to consider handing over the Old Election Building and the Karnataka Government Insurance Depa.....
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SC: SMS Intimation to Candidate's Mobile Number Sufficient Communication for Selection Process(22.11.2021)
Supreme Court has rejected the argument of a candidate that the intimation given through SMS about physical fitness test and document verification is .....
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Delhi HC Sends Back to EC Plea to Cancel BSP Symbol 'Elephant'(11.07.2016)
Delhi HC has remanded back to Election Commission a plea seeking cancellation of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol 'Elephant', for alleged misuse of pu.....
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EC Has No Power To Recover Costs For Conducting Elections From Candidates: Madras High Court(18.06.2018)
Madras High Court has observed that Election Commission has no power to recover costs of preparations for conducting elections from contesting candida.....
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Madras High Court Upholds TTV Dhinakaran's Election From RK Nagar(21.06.2018)
Madras High Court has upheld election of AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran from the RK Nagar assembly constituency.
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Iraq's Supreme Court Rules in Favour of Electoral Recount(22.06.2018)
Iraq's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a manual recount of last month's legislative elections that resulted in a surprise victory for populist Sh.....
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SC: Verifying Affidavit in Support of Election Petition Need Not be Thrown Out on Wrong Form(16.12.2021)
Supreme Court has held that the verifying affidavit in support of election petition need not be thrown out merely because it is not in Form 25 as pres.....
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Calcutta HC Directs to Install CCTV Cameras in All Polling Booths During Kolkata Municipal Elections(15.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal State Election Commission to install close circuit television (CCTV) cameras in all the main and auxi.....
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Calcutta High Court Declines BJP's Plea to Deploy Central Forces For Kolkata Municipal Elections(16.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has declined a plea moved by the Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking deployment of Central Forces for the upcoming Kolkata Munic.....
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DGFT Notifies Date for Electronic Filing of RCMC or RC through Common Digital Platform(01.12.2021)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the Trade Notice in respect of the Electronic filing of Registration Cum Membership Certificate (R.....
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Calcutta HC Seeks Response on Time Period to Notify Elections of Remaining Municipal Bodies(02.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has heard extensive arguments while adjudicating upon a petition moved by BJP Sate vice-president Pratap Banerjee seeking directio.....
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Delhi HC Directs to Decide Application Seeking Statistics of State Sponsored Electronic Surveillance(02.12.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission (CIC) to decide within 8 weeks, the appeals filed by Apar Gupta, founder of the Inter.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Statistics of State Sponsored Electronic Surveillance
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Madras HC: All Proceedings to be Initiated for Conduct of Local Body Elections Subject to Writ(03.12.2021)
Madras High Court has ordered that all proceedings to be initiated for the conduct of local body elections in Greater Chennai Corporation limits would.....
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Karnataka High Court Refuses to Interfere With Stay on Bar Council of India Elections(06.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the interim order passed by the single judge bench, by which it has stayed the holding of elections.....
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Delhi HC Refuses to Stay TDSAT Order on Reporting of Segmented Offers(07.05.2018)
Delhi HC has refused to stay interim relief provided by Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to the companies from reporting seg.....
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Supreme Court: Electricity Supply Cannot Be Disconnected For Recovery of Additional Demand(20.02.2020)
Supreme Court has held that the licensee company cannot take recourse to the coercive measure of disconnection of electricity supply, for recovery of .....
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Allahabad High Court Dismisses Challenge to Election of Central Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar(20.02.2020)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed a challenge to the election of Member of Parliament, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, reiterating the settled law that Statem.....
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SC Directs EC to Reply in Plea Seeking Investigation into Discrepancies in Election Results(25.02.2020)
Supreme Court has adjourned the Plea by Association for Democratic Reforms seeking an investigation into the alleged discrepancies in the 17th Lok Sab.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Manish Sisodia's Election Win(02.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notices to the concerned Returning Officer as well as the Election Commission of India in a plea challenging the election .....
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Calcutta HC Directs to Pay Amount to Consumer for Unauthorised Disconnection of Electricity(08.02.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) to pay an amount to the tune of Rs. 6,07,000 to a co.....
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NCLAT Declines to Stay ElectroSteel Steels' Delisting(29.06.2018)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has refused to stay the delisting process of debt-ridden firm ElectroSteel Steel under the resolution .....
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US Supreme Court Partly Rejects Redrawn North Carolina Election Districts(29.06.2018)
U.S. Supreme Court threw out part of a lower court ruling that had invalidated a series of state legislative districts drawn by Republicans in North C.....
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SC Seeks Govt Reply on Vacancies in Apex Telecom Tribunal, Extends Chairman’s Tenure(08.04.2020)
Supreme Court has sought the response of Central Government on Centre's apathy in not appointing members and chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settl.....
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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Issue of Average Consumption Electricity Bills(13.04.2020)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Petition filed challenging a Government circular, directing electricity supply companies to issue average consump.....
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Power Ministry Calls for Public Comments on Proposed Amendments to Electricity Act(20.04.2020)
Ministry of Power has published a draft of Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for comments on its website with various provisions that will pave way f.....
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Delhi HC Directs CPC to Determine And Process Refund Due to LG Under a Rectification Order(02.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed the Central Processing Centre to determine and process the refund due to LG Electronics in accordance with the law afte.....
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Bar Council of India Postpones Proposed Elections to Offices of Chairman & Other Office Bearers(17.12.2021)
Bar Council of India (BCI) has informed the Karnataka High Court that it has postponed the proposed elections to the office of the Chairman, Vice-Chai.....
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AAR, Maharashtra: GST on Electricity and Water Charges Reimbursable in Nature(20.12.2021)
Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Maharashtra has held that goods and services tax (GST) payable on Electricity charges and Water charges as per met.....
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Lok Sabha Passes Election Laws Amendment Bill to Link Voter ID with Aadhaar(21.12.2021)
Lok Sabha has passed the Election Laws(Amendment) Bill 2021 to link voter identity cards with Aadhaar. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeks .....
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Allahabad HC Urges PM Modi to Postpone Elections in View of Omicron Threat(24.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has urged the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi to postpone the upcoming elections in view of the rising threat of Omicron. .....
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TDSAT Stays TRAI Order on Allowing Subscribers to Port Out of Network from Service Provider(28.12.2021)
Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has stayed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) orders which allowed subscrib.....
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Tripura HC Directs State to Frame Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Policy for Environmental Protection(29.12.2021)
Tripura High Court has directed the State Government to take urgent steps to frame a comprehensive electric vehicle policy for the State of Tripura in.....
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Furnish Schedule for Holding Election to Local Bodies: Madras High Court(01.08.2018)
Madras High Court has directed the Commissioner of State Election Commission to furnish the schedule for holding election to the local bodies in the S.....
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Gujarat HC: Power to Block Electronic Ledger Can be Exercised Only When Credit Available in Ledger(17.02.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that the power prescribed under Rule 86A of the Central Goods and Service Tax Rules 2017 to block an electronic credit led.....
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Madras HC Orders Result of Coimbatore Corporation Election Shall be Subject to Further Orders(22.02.2022)
Madras High Court has ordered that the result of the Coimbatore Corporation election shall be subject to further orders by the court on a writ petitio.....
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P&H HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Electricity Crisis in Chandigarh(23.02.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court takes suo moto cognizance of the Electricity Crisis in Union Territory of Chandigarh and has sought the presence of the .....
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Gauhati HC Allows to Intervene PILs Challenging Telecom Services Rules, 2017(23.02.2022)
Gauhati High Court has allowed an Interlocutory Application filed by the Internet Freedom Foundation, seeking permission to be impleaded as an interve.....
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Madras HC Irks over Cases Filed in view Of Forthcoming Local Body Elections(26.09.2016)
Madras HC has irked and said that no one can be allowed to use the High Court as a platform to settle either personal or political scores in view of t.....
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Can’t Direct Parliament To Make Filing Of False Affidavit For Election Nomination an Offence: SC(11.09.2018)
Agreeing that filing a false affidavit in elections is corrupt practice the Supreme Court has said it cannot, however, direct Parliament to legislate .....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response on Auction of Telecom Spectrum(11.08.2020)
Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response on whether Telecom Spectrum can be sold/ auctioned in the insolvency proceedings faced by the telecommu.....
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SC: Concerned That AGR Dues Will Be 'Wiped Out' in IBC Process(21.08.2020)
Supreme Court has remarked that it was wary of Aggregate Gross Revenue-related dues owed to the Government being wiped out in light of the insolvency .....
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Kerala HC Dismisses Lawyer's PIL Seeking Regulation of Print & Electronic Media(24.08.2020)
Kerala High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by a lawyer who sought framing of guidelines to regulate Print and Electronic Media.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Regulation of Print & Electronic Media
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SC Asks DoT Details of Spectrum Sharing Arrangements by Telecom Companies(24.08.2020)
Supreme Court has directed the Department of Telecom (DoT) to inform of the basis of spectrum sharing done by telecom companies and how much is the li.....
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Calcutta HC Dismisses Plea by WBCPCR Seeking Compensation From Election Commission For Covid Orphans(25.05.2022)
Calcutta HC dismissed a PIL filed by West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) seeking a direction upon the Election Commission t.....
Tags : West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Election Commission, Covid-19, Compensation
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Delhi Court Seeks Clarification from Election Commission on Smriti Irani’s Educational Qualification(07.10.2016)
A Delhi Court has sought further clarifications from the Election Commission of India over a plea alleging Smriti Irani’s educational qualifications t.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Election Commission of India, Smriti Irani, Educational Qualifications
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CCI Approves Emerson Electric-Platinum Equity Deal(10.10.2016)
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed acquisition of Emerson Electric's Network Power business by Platinum Equity and a grou.....
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Delhi HC Grants Time to TRAI to Show Action Taken Against Compliance of TCCCPR Regulations(15.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has granted six weeks to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to show action taken to ensure compliance with the Telecom Commercial .....
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SC: Certificate is Condition Precedent to Admissibility of Electronic Evidence(15.07.2020)
Supreme Court has held that the certificate required under Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is a condition precedent to the admissibili.....
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Bombay HC Disposes of PILs Seeking Directions for Relief Against 'Inflated' Electricity Bills(17.07.2020)
Bombay High Court has disposed of two Public Interest Litigations seeking directions for relief against the allegedly inflated and exorbitant electric.....
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Supreme Court: No Recalculation of AGR Dues of Telecommunication Companies(21.07.2020)
Supreme Court has stated that there will be no recalculation of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues that need to be paid by the telecommunication co.....
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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction to Not Conduct 2023 State Assembly Elections(27.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking instructions to the State and Chief Election Commissioner to not conduct the 2.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, public interest litigation, Election Commissioner, Assembly election, people's representatives
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SC: Maintain Secular Ethos of Constitution by Keeping Election a Secular Exercise(02.01.2017)
Supreme Court, while hearing several petitions in Hindutva case, has said that no politician can seek vote in name of caste, creed, or religion and d.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Hindutva, 1995 Judgment, caste, creed, religion, election
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Delhi HC Disposes Petition Seeking to Quash Bar Election(05.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has said that it hopes impending elections to Delhi Bar Association are conducted in a free and fair manner and in congenial atmosphe.....
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Supreme Court Asks Election Commission, ‘By When Will You Introduce Paper Trail in EVMs’(06.01.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Election Commission to spell out time frame within which it would introduce Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in EVMs.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commission, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
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Supreme Court Quashes Plea For 'Urgent Hearing' of Petition to Defer Budget Presentation(06.01.2017)
Supreme Court has refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking postponement of presentation of Union Budget due to assembly elections in five States.
Tags : Supreme Court , Union Budget, assembly elections
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Serving Judicial Officers can’t Participate in District Judge Selection Meant for Lawyers: Orissa HC(18.12.2018)
Orissa High Court has observed that serving judicial officers cannot participate in the selection process of the direct recruitment meant for lawyers .....
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SC Stays Madhya Pradesh HC’s Ban on Election Rallies(27.10.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed a Madhya Pradesh High Court order which had directed virtual campaigning for assembly by-elections in Madhya Pradesh, overrid.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ban on Election Rallies
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SC to Nagaland SEC: When Will You Notify Elections Of Municipalities And Town Councils?(15.07.2022)
Supreme Court while criticized the State Government for delay in every stage of process of implementing 33% reservation of women in state bodies, has .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election, Reservation
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SC Says, "Religion, In Any Form, Should Not Be Brought Into Any Election”(21.10.2016)
Supreme Court while observing that religion should not be used to invoke votes, has said that, Parliament has done nothing in last two decades to stop.....
Tags : Supreme Court, religion, Election
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Supreme Court Scraps Congress Plea, Gives Clean Chit to EC(15.10.2018)
Supreme Court has dismissed pleas of Congress leaders challenging the fidelity of voter lists and said the Election Commission's bona fides should not.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commission
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TDSAT Rejects TRAI Plea to Change Airtel, VIL Interim Order(05.08.2020)
Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has rejected the plea of Telecom Regulator of India to change its interim order to note that .....
Tags : Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
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Bombay HC Disposes of BJP MLA's PIL Against Electricity Inflated Bills(10.08.2020)
Bombay High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation filed by Mangal Prabhat Lodha, President of Bharatiya Janta Party Mumbai Unit against t.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Inflated Electricity Bills
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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Review Petition Challenging Answer Key of Preliminary Exam As Misconceived(03.05.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has rejected a review petition challenging the answer key of Preliminary Examination for selection to the post of Rajasthan Civil.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Rajasthan Civil Judge, answer key, Preliminary Examination, selection
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SC Asks MP SEC to Notify Local Body Election Programme Within 2 Weeks(11.05.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) to notify the programme for local body elections in the state within two.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission, local body, elections
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Madras HC Directs TNSEC to Submit Assets Declarations of all Elected Councillors(01.12.2016)
Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to submit statements of declaration of assets made by all Elected Councill.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu, Election Commission, Assets Declarations
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Bombay HC Expresses Concern Over Lack of Regulation of Electronic Media(19.10.2020)
Bombay High Court has expressed concerns at the lack of regulation on the electronic media and urged the Central Government to think of appropriate me.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Regulation of Electronic Media
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Allahabad HC Directs ECI to Hold Bye-Elections in 'Suar', Rampur(26.10.2020)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to start the process for holding bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh's State Assembly Co.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bye-Elections in 'Suar', Rampur
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SC to Centre: Take Stand on Promise of Freebies by Political Parties During Election Campaigns(27.07.2022)
Supreme Court has asked Central Government to take a stand on the need to control the announcement of freebies by political parties during election ca.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election, Freebies
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SC: Don't Re-notify Election Process for 367 Local Bodies to Implement OBC Quota(29.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the Court had made it clear that Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) shall not re-notify election to provide reser.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commission, OBC Reservation
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Delhi HC to State: Decide On Banning Medically Unnecessary Sex-Selective Surgeries on Intersex Infant(29.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to take appropriate decision on recommendation given by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sex-Selective Surgeries, Intersex
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Gujarat HC Constitutes Committee on Electrocution of Lions(22.12.2016)
Gujarat High Court has set up a 10-member committee to report on deaths of lions by electrocution in and around Gir sanctuary.
Tags : Gujarat HC, Electrocution of Lions , Gir sanctuary
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Madras HC Directs TNSTC to Pay Compensation Amount Via Electronic Fund Transfer(26.12.2016)
Madras High Court has devised a new methodology to ensure that Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) does not delay payment of compensation i.....
Tags : Madras HC, TNSTC, compensation, electronic fund transfer
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List Steps Taken on Lokpal Selection: Supreme Court(07.01.2019)
Supreme Court has asked Centre to give details of the steps taken till date for appointment of chairperson and members of Lokpal.
Tags : Supreme Court, Lokpal Selection
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Madras High Court Restrains TV Channels from Telecasting Vulgar Advertisements(04.12.2020)
Madras High Court has issued an interim order against the telecast of obscene and vulgar programmes and Advertisements on TV Channels, observing that .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Telecasting Vulgar Advertisements
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Karnataka HC Directs Holding of Elections in Bengaluru Civic Body Expeditiously(07.12.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Election Commission to hold elections of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), as expeditiously as po.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Elections in Bengaluru Civic Body
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Gujarat HC: Revisional Power Can't be Invoked With Unclean Hands(23.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has upheld the decision of Sessions Court rejecting the complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the ground that.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, SC/ST Act, Electricity Theft
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SC Dismisses Petition Challenging Election of Kerala Health Minister in 2016 Assembly Elections(25.08.2022)
Supreme Court of India has dismissed a petition challenging the election of Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Veena George in the Kerala State A.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Petition, Kerala Health Minister
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Physical Voting in SCBA Elections Through Secret Ballot(26.02.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed as withdrawn the plea filed seeking directions to the Election Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association, to conduct the .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Physical Voting in SCBA Elections
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Calcutta HC Disposes of PIL Raising Apprehension Over Conduction of Free and Fair Election(02.03.2021)
Calcutta High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation that raised apprehension over conducting free and fair election in the State of West .....
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Calcutta HC Disposes of PIL Raising Apprehension Over Conduction of Free and Fair Election(02.03.2021)
Calcutta High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation that raised apprehension over conducting free and fair election in the State of West .....
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SC to SERCs’: Frame Regulations for Determination of Tariff Within 3 Months(23.11.2022)
Supreme Court directed all State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERC) to frame regulations under 181 of the Electricity Act 2003 on the terms and.....
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SC to Centre: Produce Files Related to Appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner(24.11.2022)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has asked Attorney General to produce related to the recent appointment of Arun Goel, a former bureaucrat, as the Ele.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commissioner, Appointment
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Kerala HC Stays Tenders Floated by Kerala State Electricity Board(16.02.2021)
Kerala High Court has stayed the tenders floated by the Kerala State Electricity Board to procure electric poles of 8 m length and a working load of 1.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Tenders Floated by Kerala State Electricity Board
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SC Upholds Allahabad HC’s Decision to Disqualify Azam Khan's Son for Not Meeting Age Criteria(07.11.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed challenge against decision of the Allahabad High Court to disqualify Rampur MLA Mohd. Abdullah Azam Khan for not having at.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Disqualify, Election
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Karnataka HC to State DGP: Ensure Necessary Training of Officers on Handling of Electronic Evidence(08.11.2022)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Director General of the Police (DGP), the Director of Public Prosecution and HC Registrar (General) to make arra.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Training, Electronic Evidence
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Delhi HC Refuses to Stay Upcoming Delhi Municipal Corporation Elections(10.11.2022)
Delhi High Court while refusing to stay the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, which are scheduled to be held on December 4, has stated t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election, MCD
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SC: Offences Under Kerala Police Act Not Substantive(10.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that offences under the Kerala Police Act are not substantive offences and thus the election of a person cannot be voided merel.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Police Act, Election
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Delhi HC to Tata Power: Provide Electricity Connections to Pakistani Hindu Migrants Within 1 Month(11.11.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) to provide electricity connections to Pakistani Hindu migrants, who are re.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Tata Power, Electricity
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Madras HC: Elected Office Bearers Not Allowed to Contest Bar Elections Consecutively(10.02.2021)
Madras High Court has ruled that elected office bearers should not be allowed to contest for the second time consecutively with an aim to end monopoly.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Bar Association Elections
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J&K HC Quashes Sedition Case Against Elected Councillor of LAHDC(15.02.2021)
Jammu & Kashmir High Court has quashed a sedition case filed against an elected Councillor of LAHDC (Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh) .....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Elected Councillor of LAHDC
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Madras HC Directs State to Revamp Madras Medical Registration Act(07.12.2022)
Madras High Court has directed the State to revamp the ‘archaic’ Madras Medical Registration Act, 1914 after it was brought to the court's notice that.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Medical Registration Act, Election
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J&K&L HC: No Blanket Bar on Judicial Review of Election Authority’s Decisions(09.12.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that anything done towards completion of election process can’t be challenged before High Court and o.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Election Process, Judicial Review
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J&K&L HC: Enlarging Waitlist Does Not Confer Any Right on Candidates Unless Govt Approves(12.12.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that mere recommendation by Selection Committee for enlarging waitlist, without there being a decisio.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Selection Committee, Waitlist
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Allahabad HC Stays Announcement of Urban Local Body Polls Dates(13.12.2022)
Allahabad High Court has restrained State Election Commission from announcing Urban Local Body Elections notification and asked the State if the "trip.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Urban Local Body Elections, Triple Test, OBC
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Unaided Private School Staff can't be Roped in for Election Duty: Bombay HC(04.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has ordered that teaching and non-teaching staff of unaided private schools cannot be called for election duty since they are not co.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Election Duty, Private Unaided School
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Kerala HC: Legislative Intent is to Complete RS Election Process Before Members' Retirement(13.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has emphasized that the election to Rajya Sabha seats is to be conducted before the retirement of members, stating that the legislat.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Rajya Sabha Election Process
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Calcutta HC Directs Strict Implementation of COVID Guidelines During Election(14.04.2021)
Calcutta High Court has issued directions to the District Magistrate of all districts and Chief Election Officer, West Bengal, to ensure that COVID gu.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Implementation of COVID Guidelines During Election
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Manipur HC Sets Aside Election of BJP Legislator Okram Henry(16.04.2021)
Manipur High Court has set aside the 2017 election of Bharatiya Janta Party legislator Okram Henry, a Minister in the N. Biren Singh government, for f.....
Tags : Manipur High Court, Election of BJP Legislator Okram Henry
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SC: Conduct Expert Committee Meeting Regarding Implementation of Section 136A MV Act(09.01.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing plea regarding road safety through electronic monitoring has directed that a meeting to be convened by chairperson of SC C.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Expert Committee, Electronic Monitoring, Road Safety
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Madras HC Restraints TANGEDCO Employees from Going on Strike(10.01.2023)
Madras High Court while temporarily restraining employees of TANGEDCO from going on a strike on January 10 or on any future date has observed that sin.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Strike, Electricity, Essential Service
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Kerala HC Refuses Relief to Electricity Board Employees for Delay in Arranging Connection(17.03.2021)
Kerala High Court has refused to give relief to two Kerala State Electricity Board employees who were found to have delayed on arranging an electricit.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Delay in Arranging Electricity Connection
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SC Stays Kerala HC Order Disallowing Teachers from Contesting Elections(19.03.2021)
Supreme Court has stayed a Kerala High Court order which had disallowed teachers and non-teaching staff of aided schools from contesting elections.
Tags : Supreme Court, Elections, Teachers
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SC Bifurcates Petitions in Electoral Bonds Case in Three Sets, to Hear Each Set Separately(01.02.2023)
Supreme Court has bifurcated the batch of petitions concerning the Electoral Bonds scheme into three distinct sets and decided to hear them separately.....
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Del HC: Can’t Disqualify Jhuggi Dwellers from Rehabilitation Only for Lack of Name in Electoral Roll(01.02.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing jhuggi jhopri dwellers can’t be disqualified from rehabilitation under State’s policy merely because their name doesn.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Jhuggi Dwellers, Rehabilitation, Electoral Roll
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Delhi HC: Can’t Direct Centre to Conduct Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly Polls Together(06.02.2023)
Delhi High Court while refusing to pass directions in PIL praying that Centre and Election Commission be directed to ascertain the feasibility of cond.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election, Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly
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MP HC: Provisions of CPC to be Followed in Trial of Election Petitions U/S 122 of MPPRA(06.02.2023)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that procedure as laid down under provisions of the CPC for trying the suit is to be followed in cases where electi.....
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CBDT Issues Guidelines for Selection of Cases for Scrutiny for the year 2017-18(10.07.2017)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued guidelines for compulsory selection of returns/ cases require scrutiny for the year 2017-18.
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SC Questions EC Silence on Barring Convicted Lawmakers for Life from Electoral Politics(12.07.2017)
Supreme Court has pulled up Election Commission for not taking a clear stand on whether lawmakers be barred for life from contesting elections after b.....
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Gauhati HC: Bye-Elections Can Be Held Even If Member’s Remainder Term Is Less Than A Year(14.07.2017)
Gauhati High Court has observed that there is no bar on Election Commission of India to fill up the casual vacancy even if the remainder of the term o.....
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CBDT Relaxes Electronic Filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA / 15CB in View of Technical Difficulties(15.06.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has relaxed the Electronic Filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA / 15CB, in view of the difficulties reported by taxpay.....
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Karnataka HC Sets Aside Elections to Karnataka Medical Council Due to Fraud by RO(16.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has set aside the elections that were held to the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC), while declaring that the elections were vitiat.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Elections to Karnataka Medical Council
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SC: Open Ballot System in Rajya Sabha Elections Necessitated to Prevent Cross-Voting(30.03.2023)
Supreme Court while dismissing PIL challenging open ballot system for Rajya Sabha elections has observed that similar issue was examined in Kuldip Nay.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Open Ballot System, Rajya Sabha Elections, Cross-Voting
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TRAI Directs Reliance Jio to Withdraw 15-days Extension on Jio Prime plan(07.04.2017)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed Reliance Jio to withdraw 15-days extension on Jio Prime plan.
Tags : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Jio Prime, Reliance Jio
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SC Refuses to Interfere With EC's Report Opposing Release of Modi Biopic Before Poll Ends(26.04.2019)
Supreme Court has backed stand of Election Commission in refusing to lift stay on release of the biopic on PM Narendra Modi until the conclusion of Lo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, PM Modi Biopic, Election Commission
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SC Asks ECI to Check Whether Voting Time can be Preponed to 5am During Ramzan(02.05.2019)
Supreme Court has asked Election Commission of India to pass necessary orders in a representation which sought voting time to be preponed from 7 am to.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ramzan, Lok Sabha Election 2019
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Kerala HC Notifies Electronic Filing Rules for Courts (Kerala), 2021 (Rules)(10.05.2021)
Kerala High Court has notified its Electronic Filing Rules for Courts (Kerala), 2021 (Rules) for Courts across the state. The new rules prescribe e-fi.....
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Calcutta HC Directs State to File Affidavit in Plea Regarding Surge of Covid Cases(11.05.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed the State Government to file an affidavit disclosing the exact state of affairs as well as the facilities, medicines,.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Surge of Covid Cases During Assembly Elections
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Kerala HC: Person Practicing Christian, Not a Scheduled Caste Member(21.03.2023)
Kerala High Court while declaring CPM candidate A. Raja's 2021 election from Devikulam Assembly constituency as void, has observed that he is not a me.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, CPM, A. Raja, Election, Void
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Madras High Court: Primary Evidence of Electronic Record Admissible Without Compliance U/S 65(B)(23.05.2017)
Madras High Court has observed that primary evidence of electronic record under Section 62 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 would be admissible in evidenc.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Electronic Record , Evidence
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TRAI Says 'No' to Discriminatory Tariffs to Subscribers in Same Class(26.05.2017)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed operators not to provide discriminatory tariffs to subscribers in same class.
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Rajasthan High Court Grants Permission to Count Votes for State Cricket Association Election 2017(30.05.2017)
Rajasthan High Court has granted permission for counting of votes for Rajasthan Cricket Association elections on June 2.
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Government of India Asks Social Media Platforms on Compliance with IT Rules 2021(27.05.2021)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has written to Social Media Platforms requesting them to furnish detai.....
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Delhi Court to Aaj Tak: Don’t Telecast Evidence Related to Shraddha Walkar Murder Case(10.04.2023)
Delhi Saket Court while restricting Aaj Tak from telecasting any material in relation to the Shraddha Walkar murder case, has observed that any dissem.....
Tags : Delhi Saket Court, Aaj Tak, Shraddha Walkar Murder Case, Telecast, Evidence
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Delhi HC Appoints Justice Bharihoke as Returning Officer for Election of Equestrian Fed. of India(12.04.2023)
Delhi High Court while issuing directions for conducting elections of the office bearers to Equestrian Federation of India to ensure that a democratic.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Equestrian Federation of India, Election, Returning Officer
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Delhi HC for Bye- Elections in 13 MCD Wards Within 3 Months(29.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has directed State Election Commission to hold bye-elections within three months in 13 municipal wards of Delhi.
Tags : Delhi High Court , State Election Commission
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Centre Notifies Electoral Bond Scheme To 'Cleanse' Political Funding(05.01.2018)
Centre has notified Electoral Bond Scheme, in a bid to “cleanse the system of political funding in the country”.
Tags : Electoral Bond Scheme
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CBDT Amends IT Rules to Ease Authentication of Electronic Records in Faceless Assessment Proceedings(08.09.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes has amended Income-tax Rules, 1962 (‘the Rules’) vide notification no G.S.R. 616(E) dated 6th September 2021 for easing .....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Authentication of Electronic Records in Faceless Assessment Proceedings
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Delhi HC Issues Directions for Conducting Elections for Delhi Capital Badminton Association(13.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued directions for the purpose of conducting elections for Delhi Capital Badminton Association after observing that the ultima.....
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Kar. HC: Minimum Sentence U/S 135 of Electricity Act Can’t be Less Than 3 Times the Financial Gain(14.08.2023)
Karnataka High Court has observed that minimum sentence under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for the first conviction cannot be less than th.....
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SC: Election is Purely a Statutory Proceeding(21.08.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that Election contest is not an action at law or a suit in equity but purely a statutory proceeding, provision for which ha.....
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Cal HC to Central Forces: Remain in State for 10 Days After Declaration of Panchayat Elections(07.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court has directed Central Armed Forces to remain in the State after declaration of results in the West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2023 .....
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Cal HC: Process of Selection Adopted by a Public Undertaking is Required to be Transparent(11.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the process of selection of tender adopted by a public undertaking is required to be transparent to ensure wider.....
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Calcutta HC to IG CSF: Submit Report on Alleged Poll Violence(11.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court has directed Inspector-General (IG) of the Central security forces (CSF) to submit report pertaining to the alleged violence durin.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Panchayat Elections, Poll Violence
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Cal HC: Petition for Removal of State Election Commissioner is Not Maintainable(13.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court while dismissing petition seeking removal of State Election Commissioner, among other reliefs, has observed that such a prayer can.....
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Cal HC: Declaration of Panchayat Election Poll Results will be Subject to Final Orders of the Court(13.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court while expressing regret over repeated complaints pertaining to violence and mismanagement during the Panchayat Election, has direc.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Panchayat Election, Violence, Mismanagement
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AP HC: Non-Disclosure of Criminal Cases by Contesting Person Amounts to Corrupt Practice under RPA(17.07.2023)
Andhra Pradesh High Court while observing that purity of the election process will only be ensured if the voter knows his candidate fully, has held th.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Election, Corrupt Practice
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Gujarat High Court asks SEC to include NOTA in Gujarat Local Body Elections(02.11.2015)
Gujarat High Court has directed State Election Commission (SEC) to include option of NOTA (None Of The Above) in the upcoming local body polls in the .....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Consider Offering Compensation to Parents of Boy Died of Electrocution(20.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to immediately consider offering compensation to the parents of 15 years old boy who died of el.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Compensation to Parents of Boy Died of Electrocution
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SC: IBC Overrides Provisions of Electricity Act, 2003(18.07.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that Section 238 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) override provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, has held that.....
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HP HC: Can’t Create Bogey of Mistrust in Public Selection Process(20.07.2023)
Himachal Pradesh High Court while dismissing plea seeking mandatory video recording of interviews conducted by the HPPSC, has stated that one cannot c.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Selection Process, Mistrust
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Tel. HC Holds 2018 Assembly Election of BRS MLA Vanama Venkateswara as Void(27.07.2023)
Telangana High Court has declared the 2018 assembly election of BRS MLA Vanama Venkateswara Rao from Kothagudem as void. It has also fined him Rs. 5 L.....
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Meg. HC: State Must Prepare Long-Term Plans for Electricity Crisis in the State(28.07.2023)
Meghalaya High Court while observing that there is no band-aid solution which may be resorted for State’s electricity crisis, has stated that it is ho.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Electricity Crisis. Long Term Plan
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AP HC Directs Renewable Cos to Approach State Electricity Regulator Against Renegotiated Tariffs(25.09.2019)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed solar and wind energy companies to approach state electricity regulator after they opposed the renegotiation of.....
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Delhi HC Directs National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology to Pay Statutory Dues(18.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology to ensure payment of statutory dues and salaries of data .....
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CESTAT, Delhi: No Service Tax Payable on Services Provided by Government Company(18.10.2021)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has ruled that no Service Tax payable on services provided to Government Company fo.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Transmission of Electricity
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Del. HC: Provisions of Motor Vehicles Act Applicable for Electric Vehicles(15.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that all the provisions under the Motor Vehicle (MV) Act and the Central Motor Vehicle Rules pertaining to requirement of re.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Electric Vehicles, Motor Vehicles Act
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Del. HC Upholds DU’s Decision to Relax Age Limit for Candidates in Student’s Union Elections(21.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has upheld that decision of Delhi University (DU) to adjust the maximum age limit for undergraduate and postgraduate students contest.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Delhi University, Student Union, Elections
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P&H High Court: Revisit Policy on Reserving Posts on Rotation Basis(18.04.2016)
P&H High Court, in a move to bring a significant development that may change the way gram panchayats elections are held in Haryana, has asked an Addit.....
Tags : P&H High Court, gram panchayats elections
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SC Stays Madras HC Proceedings in Petitions Challenging Election of DMK Leader Kanimozhi(30.01.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed the proceedings in the Petitions filed in the Madras High Court challenging the election of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) l.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Madras High Court, Election of Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
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Delhi High Court: No Restraint on Free Communication During Elections(04.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has observed that no restraint can be made on free communication during election while refusing to stop a person from circulating mes.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Free Communication, Elections
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Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea of 11 Candidates Against Nomination Rejection for Assembly Elections(06.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has declined to entertain a plea by 11 Independent candidates against the rejection of their nominations for the February 8 Assembly .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Candidates, Assembly Elections
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Ker. HC: Writ Jurisdiction Can’t be Invoked to Challenge Questions Of Fact w.r.t Committee Election(03.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of Constitution can’t be invoked to challenge disputed questions of fact concernin.....
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SC: Certificate to Prove Electronic Evidence can be Produced at Any Stage of the Trial(08.11.2023)
Supreme Court has held that a certificate under Section 65-B of Indian Evidence Act, to prove electronic evidence, can be produced at any stage of tri.....
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Delhi HC to TRAI: Have You Considered Objections on Call Drops(08.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has asked Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) if it had considered objections raised by cellular service providers to its ne.....
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SEBI Approves Norms to Make “e-Book” Must for Pvt. Placement Debt(12.01.2016)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved new norms to make electronic book mandatory for all private placement issues on debt basis,.....
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IOA Election Should Strictly Follow Sports Code Says Delhi High Court(14.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused to interfere in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) elections after advocate and well-known sports activist Rahul Mehra .....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea for Regulation of Internal Elections in Political Parties(29.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Election Commission of India (EC) on a Public Interest Litigation seeking regulatory oversight of internal e.....
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Tel. HC: HC’s Power to Interfere is Limited When Election Process has Commenced(21.11.2023)
Telangana High Court has observed that jurisdiction of High Court to interfere with the process of election once the same has commenced is very limite.....
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Ker. HC: Elected Party Members Supporting Opposite Party are Liable for Disqualification(30.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that if the conduct of a particular member indicates that he had, after being elected under the banner of one party, suppor.....
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SC Directs 3 Member Committee to Examine Objections to Delhi Bar Council Elections(15.05.2018)
Supreme Court has directed a three-member committee to examine the objections to the Delhi Bar Council elections held in April this year.
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Iraqi Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Cancel Election Results(28.05.2018)
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has rejected a request to cancel the country's parliamentary election results over allegations of voter rigging and fraud.....
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Kerala HC Directs Status Quo in Proceedings of Election for SNDP Yogam Office Bearers(20.01.2022)
Kerala High Court has ordered that status quo be maintained for ten days in the proceedings of election for the SNDP Yogam office-bearers scheduled fo.....
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Orissa HC Directs State Bar Council to Hold Election on The Basis of Existing Electoral Roll(24.01.2022)
Orissa High Court has directed the Odisha State Bar Council to hold its long overdue election within 6 weeks on the basis of the existing electoral ro.....
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Kerala HC Revokes Centre's Order Upholding Representative Voting at SNDP Yogam Elections(25.01.2022)
Kerala High Court has annulled the order issued by the Central Government in 1962 which upheld representation voting at the Sree Narayana Dharma Parip.....
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Election Commission Recognizes Ajit Pawar Faction As The Official Nationalist Congress Party(07.02.2024)
Election Commission of India while recognizing the Ajit Pawar faction as the official Nationalist Congress Party has held that Ajit Pawar faction will.....
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CESTAT: Service Tax Not Applicable on Service For Electricity Transmission By GETCO(08.02.2024)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Ahmedabad Bench has held that service tax is not applicable for the erection of bays, sub.....
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SC Refuses to Entertain Azam Khan's Plea Seeking Interim Bail to Participate in Election Campaign(09.02.2022)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking ad-interim ex-parte bail filed by Mohammad Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party's candidate from Rampur in.....
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Allahabad HC Issues Notice in PIL on Disposal of Election Plastic Waste During Assembly Elections(11.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has issued notices to the Election Commission of India, State of Uttar Pradesh, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate .....
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SC: SBI’s Application for Extension of Time for Furnishing Electoral Bonds Details Dismissed(11.03.2024)
Supreme Court has dismissed the State Bank of India’s (SBI) application that was filed for an extension of time for furnishing electoral bond details .....
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Electoral Bonds Data Uploaded on Election Commission of India’s Website(15.03.2024)
The Election Commission of India has uploaded on its website data related to electoral bonds that was supplied by the State Bank of India.
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High-Level Committee Submits its Report on ‘One Nation, One Election’(15.03.2024)
A High-Level Committee appointed by the Union has submitted its report on ‘one nation, one election’ and has suggested general elections to the House .....
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Delhi High Court: Appropriate to Hold Elections of All Bar Associations in One Day for Two Years(20.03.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that elections of all the bar associations shall be held on one single day for a uniform period of two years which shall avo.....
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Bombay High Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award Which Favoured BCCI in IPL Telecast Rights Dispute(21.03.2022)
Bombay High Court has set aside the award in favour of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India. The court passed the order on a challenge to .....
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Delhi HC: Speech Given During Elections Just to Create Atmosphere, Different from Ordinary Times(28.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has said in a case related to alleged hate speeches connected to the Northeast Delhi riots that a speech given during election time i.....
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Supreme Court Launches Whatsapp Messaging Services, Advocates and Parties to Receive Updates(25.04.2024)
Supreme Court has announced the integration of Whatsapp messaging services with its IT services and through this initiative, Advocates on Record and p.....
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SC: Possibility to Manipulate/Modify EVMs Unfounded(27.04.2024)
SC has observed that possibility to hack or tamper with agnostic firmware in the burnt memory to favour results is unfounded. Accordingly, suspicion t.....
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P&H HC: Model Code of Conduct Can’t Stand in Way of Execution of Judicial Order(27.04.2024)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that no code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of India or any order or instructions issued by any o.....
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MP HC Dismisses PIL for Fixing Ceiling Limit on Expenses Incurred in Local Body Elections(03.03.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation, which had sought for the Court's direction to the state government to take a fin.....
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Mad. HC: Can’t Deny Book Launch Permission Only Because a Participant is Candidate in Elections(08.04.2024)
Madras High Court has held that the State cannot feel shy from granting permission to a book release function just because it is about a person who is.....
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SC: Candidates Contesting Elections Don’t Have to Disclose Every Moveable Property They Own(09.04.2024)
Supreme Court has held that those candidates who are contesting elections are not required to disclose all the details about every moveable property t.....
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Ker. HC: Improper to Compel Election Candidate to Answer ED Summons Just Before LS Elections(10.04.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that it is not proper to disturb a candidate contesting elections and compel him to answer summons served by the Enforcemen.....
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Ker. HC: Directions to Centre to Desist Telecasting Shows Found Violative of Broadcasting Regulations(15.04.2024)
Kerala High Court while addressing violations of broadcasting regulations and advisories in connection with telecasting Big Boss Malayalam, has direct.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Make Electoral Offences Cognisable(28.08.2018)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea that sought a minimum punishment of two years for electoral offences, including bribery, false statement, undue inf.....
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Supreme Court: Voters Have Right to Know Candidate’s Criminal Antecedents(29.08.2018)
Supreme Court has said that voters have a right to know the antecedents of candidates and the Election Commission could be asked to direct political p.....
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Supreme Court Asks EC Why it Can't Release Electoral Rolls in Word Format in Poll-Bound MP(04.09.2018)
Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission of India to apprise it about the reasons as to why it cannot release the electoral rolls in word forma.....
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Supreme Court Notice to EC on Misuse of EVMs(05.09.2018)
Supreme Court has sought response of the Election Commission on a PIL filed by Dehradun based journalist alleging unauthorised handling of EVMs by pri.....
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Madras HC Dismisses Appeals Against Electricity Project in Krishnagiri(11.03.2022)
Madras High Court has refused to entertain a writ appeal challenging the laying of high tension transmission lines at Sevaganappalli in Krishnagiri, a.....
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2024 Elections: Supreme Court Directs Minimum 1/3rd Women's Reservation in Bar Association Posts(03.05.2024)
Supreme Court has directed implementation of a minimum 1/3rd women's reservation in the posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association from 2024 elections.....
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Supreme Court: Replication to WS Can be Filed by Election Petitioner if New Facts Not Introduced(10.05.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that a replication in an election petition can be filed by an election petitioner against a written statement, only on the .....
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Delhi High Court Tells Police to Change British-Era Norms of Selection(18.07.2016)
Delhi High Court has said that "summary/ordinary conviction should not be treated as a conviction for entry or retention in government service”, there.....
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SC Issues Notice on PIL for Making Politicians’ Wealth Source Public(20.07.2016)
SC has issued notice to Centre and Election Commission seeking their response to a PIL for making politicians declare their sources of income in their.....
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SC Issues Guidelines for Selection Process of Judicial Officers(27.07.2016)
SC has issued guidelines to make selection process more transparent for appointment of Judicial Officers for trial courts in the national capital.
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Uttarakhand HC Dismisses Plea Challenging UKSSSC LT Assistant Teacher Recruitment Process 2020(06.04.2022)
Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed a plea that challenges the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission LT Grade Teacher (Arts) Recruitme.....
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Uttarakhand HC Upholds Amendment to Recruitment Rules During Selection Process(13.04.2022)
Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the decision of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission to permit non B.E.....
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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: No Service Tax on Electricity Charges Reimbursed to Service Provider(13.04.2022)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has observed that service tax cannot be levied on reimbursement of electricity charges .....
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Delhi HC Gives TRAI Time to Take Action on SCN Issued to Show Progress in Compliance with TCCCPR(22.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has given 8 weeks to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to take some action on the show-cause notices issued to entities to sh.....
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Delhi HC Rejects Plea Challenging Selection of Vice-Chancellor of NLU Delhi(25.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has rejected a plea challenging the validity of the procedure adopted by the Selection Committee to appoint the Vice-Chancellor for t.....
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Uttarakhand HC: Any Activity Creating Hatred, Tension Can't Lead to Fair Elections(28.09.2020)
Uttarakhand High Court has observed that for fair and peaceful election, during the election campaign, party or candidate should not indulge in any ac.....
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SC Seeks Center, Election Commission's Views over Lifetime Ban on Convicted Politicians(15.09.2016)
SC has formally sought views of Centre and Election Commission on a public interest litigation demanding a lifetime ban on convicted politicians after.....
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Apple Books Indian Patent for Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management(19.09.2016)
Apple Inc. has received a patent related to a portable electronic device for photo management in India.
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Iraqi Supreme Court Ratifies May Election Results(20.08.2018)
Iraq's Supreme Court has ratified results of the country's May parliamentary election, setting in motion a 90-day constitutional deadline for the top .....
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Supreme Court Seeks Election Commission Response on Congress pleas(24.08.2018)
Supreme Court has sought Election Commission response on pleas filed by Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Sachin Pilot alleging duplication of names in .....
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Delhi HC Rejects Plea Challenging Appointment of Delhi Chief Secretary as Election Commissioner(05.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation to challenge the decision for appointment of Vijay Kumar Dev, Delhi Chief Secretary as the.....
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Supreme Court Says 'No' to PIL Seeking to End Use of Black Money in Elections(10.07.2018)
Supreme Court has disposed of a PIL to curb “appalling effects of black money on free and fair election” asking the petitioner to approach the Electio.....
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CESTAT, Bangalore: Service by Foreign Service Provider is not Telecommunication Service(14.04.2022)
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that service by Foreign Service Provider is not Telecommunication Service and.....
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Gauhati HC: Assessing Officer and Inspecting Person Need Not Be Similar Person Under Electricity Act(21.04.2022)
Gauhati High Court has observed that Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003 empowers the Assessing Officer as chosen to carry out the provisional as.....
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Karnataka HC: Lodging Electoral Expenditure Accounts Ensures Transparency of Candidates(22.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition, passed by the Karnataka State Election Commission by disqualifying from continuing as the elected membe.....
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Allahabad HC: Electricity Act Inapplicable When Contract is for Supply of Materials Simplicitor(22.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that the embargo under Section 86 of the Electricity Act, 2003 does not apply when the agreement is for supply simplici.....
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Orissa HC Quashes Election Notification Issued by Appealing Body of OMSA(01.06.2022)
Orissa High Court has quashed election notification issues by appealing body of Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) notifying election of Assoc.....
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SC: Centre Can't Hold Tribunal Appointments Cleared by SCSC Citing New Inputs(18.05.2022)
Supreme Court has struck down the practice of Central Government to delay appointments to Tribunals notwithstanding recommendations from the Search-cu.....
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Calcutta HC: Electricity Distribution Company Can Install Electric Poll on Private Land(28.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited has the right to install electric polls on private la.....
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Allahabad HC Dismisses Actress Jaya Prada's Plea Challenging Mohd Azam Khan's Win(02.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by actress Jaya Prada challenging the election of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan from .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, election petition, Jaya Prada, Samajwadi Party, Azam Khan, parliamentary constituency
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Gauhati HC Sets Aside Police Commissioner's Order Suspending Telecast of TV Serial 'Begum Jaan'(04.09.2020)
Gauhati High Court has set aside the order passed by Commissioner of Police, Gauhati to suspend the telecast of Assamese serial 'Begum Jaan'.
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Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction in Elephant Electrocution Case(06.06.2022)
Karnataka High Courts has upheld the conviction handed down to two persons who built electric fencing around agricultural land which led to the elepha.....
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Rajasthan HC Refuses Interim Stay on Declaration of Rajya Sabha Election Result(10.06.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has dismissed an application which sought interim stay on declaration of Rajya Sabha election results of till the disposal of wri.....
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Bombay HC Refuses Immediate Relief to Nawab Malik for Casting Vote in Rajya Sabha Poll(10.06.2022)
Bombay High Court has refused immediate relief to Nawab Malik to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections today with liberty to approach the appropr.....
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SC Upholds Bombay HC Order: Hold Goa Panchayat Elections Within 45 Days(07.07.2022)
Supreme Court has upheld the order of Bombay High Court at Goa which had directed the State of Goa and the State Election Commission to ensure that th.....
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Kerala High Court Disqualifies Lawmaker for Using Religion to Win Polls(12.11.2018)
Kerala High Court has disqualified an Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) legislator after hearing a petition that claimed he had used religion to win t.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Plea for Registration of Aazad Samaj Party for Bihar Elections(08.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has sought response of the Election Commission on a plea by Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad seeking direction to register his po.....
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Centre Makes Rules to Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking(20.06.2022)
Union Ministry of Law and Justice has notified rules for allowing existing voters to use their Aadhaar number to authenticate the entry in the elector.....
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Uttarakhand HC Urges Lawyers to Avoid Enclosing Documents Available Electronically(21.12.2020)
Uttarakhand High Court has observed that the practice of enclosing the copies of Act, Rules, notifications, Government Gazettes and Judgments with the.....
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Karnataka HC Stays Govt Order Dropping Criminal Prosecution in 61 Cases Against Elected Representativ(21.12.2020)
Karnataka High Court has stayed the government order dated 31st August, 2020 by which it had decided to drop criminal prosecution in 61 cases against .....
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Calcutta HC: Trespassers Entitled to Electricity Unless Evicted by Due Process of Law(28.12.2020)
Calcutta High Court has held that even a trespasser, unless evicted by due process of law, is entitled to electricity. The Court has further clarified.....
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P&H HC: Electricity Consumer Liable to Pay Surcharge if Consumption in Excess of Sanctioned Load(18.07.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that in case of electricity consumption beyond the sanction load, the electricity consumer is liable to pay pen.....
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Kerala HC: Selection of Candidates Can be Based on Rational Criteria if Applicants Exceed Vacancies(20.07.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that Selection Committee can shortlist qualified applicants to trim down the number of such eligible applicants, provided t.....
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Bombay HC: Candidate Can’t Complain of Violations in Selection Process After Appearing for Interview(25.07.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that a candidate who is called for the interview and takes part in the interview, cannot turn around and pick holes and con.....
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SC Refuses Plea Seeking Declaration of Election of Netas Facing Criminal Charges Null(17.11.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking to declare as ‘null and void’ the election of those against whom charges have been framed for ov.....
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Guj. HC: Electricity Co. Doesn’t Require Landowner's Consent for Laying Overhead Transmission Lines(10.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that an electricity company does not require the consent of a private landowner to lay overhead high tension transmission .....
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Orissa HC: Amendment to Cure Inherent Defect in EP After End of Limitation Period Can't be Allowed(05.09.2022)
Orissa High Court has held that an amendment application under Order 6, Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 cannot be allowed to cure some in.....
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Accused can Challenge DNA Report Only on Ground of Tampering of His Blood Sample: Bombay HC(06.02.2019)
Bombay High Court has observed that the DNA report can be challenged only on the ground of possibility of tampering of the blood sample of the accused.....
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SC Dismisses Challenge to HC Order Notifying Election Schedule Not to be Interfered With(27.01.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed the Andhra Pradesh State Government's challenge to the High Court decision holding that the order issued by the State Elec.....
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Delhi HC: A Person in Custody Has No Vested Right to be Released For Poll Canvassing(27.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused parole to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to campaign in ongoing Uttar Pradesh election.
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TRAI: Don’t Charge More than Rs 130 For 100 SDCs(06.03.2017)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked cable TV operators not to charge subscribers more than Rs.130 for 100 standard definition chann.....
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Bombay HC: Plea Challenging Rejection of Nomination Papers Cannot be Entertained(18.01.2021)
Bombay High Court has held that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1949 challenging the rejection of nomination papers by.....
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Patna HC Holds OBC/EBC Quota in Bihar Municipal Body Polls Illegal(07.10.2022)
Patna High Court while holding reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Extremely Backward Classes in urban local body elections as i.....
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Meghalaya HC: Interviews Mostly Guided by Nepotism in India(22.09.2022)
Meghalaya High Court while observing that favouritism and nepotism are affecting government's recruitment drives, has held that the selection process .....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking to Restrain Political Parties from Using Symbols After Polls(26.09.2022)
Supreme Court while dismissing a petition which sought a direction that political parties cannot use election symbols allotted to them as party symbol.....
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SC Rejects Uddhav Group's Plea to Stop EC from Deciding Shinde's Claim as Real Shiv Sena(28.09.2022)
Supreme Court while refusing the application for stay filed by Uddhav Thackeray group, has refused to stop the Election Commission (EC) of India from .....
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SC: National Sports Code 2011 Can't be Read Like a Statute(08.08.2022)
Supreme Court while passing direction to include the representation of 36 football players in Electoral College for ensuing executive committee electi.....
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SC: State Electricity Commissions Have Full Autonomy in Determination & Regulation of Tariff(24.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that State Electricity Commissions possess full autonomy in the determination and regulation of tariff, and State and the Centr.....
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Delhi HC: Electricity Can’t be Denied Without Cogent and Lawful Reason(16.11.2022)
Delhi High Court while observing that electricity is an essential service has held that a person cannot be deprived of it without a cogent and lawful .....
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Allahabad HC Directs EC to File Reply in Plea Challenging Allotment of Election Symbols(06.01.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Election Commission to file a counter to the petition challenging Commission’s power to allot election symbols w.....
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Bombay HC Refuses to Intervene in Election of Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council(08.01.2021)
Bombay High Court has refused to intervene in the election of Dr. Neelam Divakar Gorhe as Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC).....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Election of Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council
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SC Closes Plea Filed By TMC For Protection Of Party Members During 2021 Municipal Elections(18.10.2022)
Supreme Court while considering that the 2021 Tripura municipal elections are over and results are notified, has disposed of the petition seeking issu.....
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Kerala HC: Electricity Dues Of Previous Consumer Create First Charge On Property(20.10.2022)
Kerala High Court has observed that though the subsequent purchaser of a property is not liable to pay the dues owed to the Electricity Board by a pre.....
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Madras High Court Directs Election Commission of India to Allot Distinctive Symbols(09.03.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to allot distinctive symbols, as far as possible, to the candidates on the fray .....
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Delhi HC Stays Suspension of Subsidy on Tata’s Nexon Electric Vehicles(11.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has stayed the Aam Aadmi Party government’s decision to suspend subsidy on Tata’s Nexon electric vehicles (EVs).
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SC: Officer Serving Ruling Govt Can't be Appointed as State Election Commissioner(12.03.2021)
Supreme Court has held that a government officer serving a state government cannot be appointed as the State Election Commissioner of that state. The .....
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Allahabad HC to SEC: Notify ULB Polls Without OBC Quota(28.12.2022)
Allahabad High Court while observing that State Government doesn't fulfill the Triple Test Formality, has directed State Election Commission (SEC) to .....
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SC Allows Rajasthan HC Bar Association Elections(16.12.2022)
Supreme Court has allowed Rajasthan High Court Bar Association to conduct elections for the post of office-bearers on Friday, December 16, strictly in.....
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SC: Principle of 'Changing Rules of Game’ Won't Apply if Change is Regarding Selection Process(19.12.2022)
Supreme Court while observing that change in the selection process will not amount to changing 'rules of the game', has held that principle that 'rule.....
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SC: Consumption of Electricity in Excess of Contracted Load Amounts to Unauthorised Use(19.12.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the consumption of electricity in excess of the connected load/contracted load would amount to 'unauthorised use of electr.....
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Delhi HC Rejects Strict Interpretation for Requirement of License/ Certificate under Electricity Act(22.05.2019)
Delhi High Court has allowed exemption of supply of electrical equipments to buyers ruling that “unlike and exemption granted through a notification, .....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Directions on NCLAT to Modify SOP on Electronic Filing(21.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking directions on the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to modify its Standard Operating Proced.....
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SC to Nagaland State Election Commission: Notify Local Body Polls With Women Quota Before March 14(14.02.2023)
Supreme Court has directed Nagaland State Election Commission to notify local body elections with women quota and place before it the official notific.....
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ECI Recognises Eknath Shinde Group as Official Shiv Sena(20.02.2023)
Election Commission of India has recognised Eknath Shinde group as official Shiv Sena and allowed them to use official Bow & Arrow symbol and Shiv Sen.....
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Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Electoral Bonds for Assembly Polls(26.03.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to stay the release of the fresh set of electoral bonds from 1st April, 2021 for the assembly polls in West Bengal, Kerala, .....
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SC: Election Comm’r to be Appointed on Advice of Committee Consisting of PM, Opposition Leader & CJI(02.03.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that Election Commissioners will be appointed by President on advice of a Committee consisting of Prime Mini.....
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JKL HC Invokes Absolute Liability, Grants Compensation to Mother of Deceased in Electrocution Case(03.03.2023)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court while invoking Absolute Liability to grant compensation to mother of 13 year old who died due to electrocution, ob.....
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Madras HC: Political Parties Not to Give Election Promises Which Burden Public Exchequer(08.04.2021)
Madras High Court has observed in an order that political parties should be prohibited or prevented from giving election promises, which are capable o.....
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Supreme Court Declines Plea Seeking Directions to Hold Bye Elections in Manipur(08.04.2021)
Supreme Court has declined to entertain the plea filed by BJP politician Okram Henry Singh seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to .....
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Andhra Pradesh HC Overturns Decision to Impose Stay on MPTC and ZPTC Elections(08.04.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has cleared the way for MPTC and ZPTC elections scheduled for 8th April, 2021, by overturning Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao's .....
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Chhattisgarh HC: Participation in Election Campaign Not ‘Misuse of Power’ Under JJ Act(12.04.2021)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that merely because a person, who is a member of a Child Welfare Committee, participates in an election campaign in f.....
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JKL HC Constitutes Committee for Implementation of Safety Measures Under CEA Regulations, 2010(28.04.2023)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has constituted committee to ensure strict implementation of safety measures under Central Electricity Authority (.....
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Supreme Court: Regulatory Commissions, Not Courts To Determine Electricity Tariff(22.06.2017)
Supreme Court has reiterated its stand that it would not be proper for Court to examine fixation of electricity tariff rates or its revision.
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Delhi HC Directs on Accepting Electronic Filing of Caveats on E-Filing Portal(04.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the District and Sessions Judge (Headquarters) to ensure that as long as the e-filing portal of the Delhi District Court.....
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Karnataka High Court Stays Election for Post of Mayor of Mysuru City in Lieu of Covid Restrictions(11.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has stayed the election scheduled to be held on 11th June, 2021 to the post of Mayor of Mysuru city as restrictions imposed to ch.....
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Kar. HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Permission for NRIs to Caste Vote From Abroad During Elections(03.05.2023)
Karnataka High Court has rejected a PIL filed by a Non Resident Indian (NRI) seeking grant of voting rights to NRIs from the countries they reside in,.....
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SC Dismissed Plea Challenging 2019 Lok Sabha Election of DMK MP Kanimozhi(04.05.2023)
Supreme Court has dismissed the election petition filed challenging the election of DMK MP Kanimozhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls over incorrect inform.....
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Gujarat HC Directs SEC to Proceed with Taluka Panchayat Bye Election(19.07.2021)
Gujarat High Court has observed that an election candidate dying after the polls but before declaration of result will not be able to fill the seat an.....
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SC Affirms HC’s Order for Deployment of Central Forces for Panchayat Elections in West Bengal(20.06.2023)
Supreme Court has affirmed the direction of Calcutta High Court which directed West Bengal State Election Commission to requisition central forces for.....
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SC Affirms HC’s Order for Deployment of Central Forces for Panchayat Elections in West Bengal(20.06.2023)
Supreme Court has affirmed the direction of Calcutta High Court which directed West Bengal State Election Commission to requisition central forces for.....
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Cal. HC to SEC: Requisition Deployment of Additional Paramilitary Forces for WB Panchayat Election(22.06.2023)
Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) o requisition the deployment of additional central paramilitary forces fo.....
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Delhi HC to ECI: Decide AIADMK’s Representation for Updation of Its Amended By-Laws Within 10 Days(12.04.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Election Commission of India (ECI) to decide the representation of AIADMK for updation of its amended by-laws with the r.....
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Kar. HC Permits Unrecognized Political Party to Use Private Vehicle/Loudspeaker for Campaigning(17.04.2023)
Karnataka High Court while observing that Model Code of Conduct does not indicate any distinction that could be made by the authorities before the nom.....
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Ram Nath Kovind Sworn In As India’s 14th President(25.07.2017)
Ram Nath Kovind, administered oath by Chief Justice JS Khehar, is now the 14th President of India.
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Allahabad HC Directs State Election Commission to Ensure Free and Fair Elections(02.07.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh to ensure free and fair elections to be conducted of Zila Panchayat C.....
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CBDT Extends Electronic Filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA / 15CB(06.07.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB to 15th July, 2021. Taxpayers can submit the sai.....
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Department of Telecommunications Proposes Imposition of Penalty on Pesky Callers(06.07.2021)
Department of Telecommunications has proposed to impose a penalty on pesky callers of Rs 10,000 for every call and SMS made by telemarketers after 50 .....
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Cal. HC: Five Days is Inadequate Time for Filing Nominations for Panchayat Elections(12.06.2023)
Calcutta High Court while observing that five day's time provided for filing nomination papers is prima facie inadequate and directed State Election C.....
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SC: Electricity Dues Can be Recovered by Subsequent Occupier of Premises(22.05.2023)
Supreme Court while upholding the condition enabling distribution licensee to insist on clearance of electricity dues of previous consumer before resu.....
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Madras HC: Liability to Be Fastened on Temple Trustee & EOs for Stealing Electricity(29.05.2023)
Madras High Court has observed that whenever electricity is stolen for the conduct of temple festivals, the liability under the Electricity Act has to.....
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SC Rejects Plea against PM Modi over 2012 Gujarat Assembly Election Affidavit(16.10.2015)
Supreme Court has rejected plea seeking legal action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly filing a defective affidavit relating to his m.....
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Delhi HC Looks for Govt’s Reply on Installation of Electricity Plant Working on Heaps of Garbage(19.10.2015)
Delhi High Court has directed Centre and Delhi Government to file reply explaining their stand on plea seeking direction to install an electricity pla.....
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Gujarat HC Calls Ordinance for Delaying Civic Body Polls ‘Unconstitutional’(21.10.2015)
Gujarat High Court has said that an ordinance or executive order by Gujarat Government, meant to delay civic body polls in the state, is unconstitutio.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Election Commission’s Response on Plea of 12 AAP MLAs(25.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has sought reply of the Election Commission on the plea of 12 AAP MLAs due to the poll panel’s decision to continue hearing a complai.....
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Meghalaya HC Expresses Concern Over 50% Electricity Deficit in the State(06.07.2023)
Meghalaya High Court while expressing serious concerns and observing that it is completely unacceptable that the quantum of deficit would be in excess.....
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Delhi High Court Denies to Stay Penalty for Call Drops(23.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has denied to stay telecom regulator's order mandating mobile service providers to compensate subscribers for call drops beginning Ja.....
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Electronic Filing of First Appeal before CIT (Appeals)(31.12.2015)
Electronic filing of appeal before CIT(Appeals) has been made mandatory for persons who are required to file the return of income electronically. The .....
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Karnataka HC Directs SEC to Justify Decision of Postponing Elections to Local Bodies(10.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Election Commission to justify its decision of postponing all the elections to local bodies till December .....
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All. HC: Commercial Electricity Rates Not Applicable to Lawyers' Chambers(07.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that the legal profession by no stretch of imagination can be called as a commercial activity, trade or business and the.....
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Ker. HC to State: Constitute Committee to Examine Requests for Sex-Selective Surgeries(08.08.2023)
Kerala High Court has directed State government to constitute a State Level Multidisciplinary Committee consisting of experts to examine requests for .....
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Mad. HC to State: Provide Reservation to Transgender Persons in Local Body Elections(24.08.2023)
Madras High Court has directed State Government to initiate all appropriate steps to grant reservations to Transgender persons in the local body elect.....
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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against 13 Persons Over Scuffle During Bar Association Elections at Local Court(03.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against 13 persons in connection with a scuffle that ensued during Bar Association Elections at Dwarka .....
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SC Sets Aside Election Notification for LAHDC-Kargil(06.09.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party (JKNC) is entitled to use the 'plough' symbol, has set aside the electi.....
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SC: In case of Unjust Executive Action, Courts must Interfere in Election Process(08.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that in cases where issues crop up, indicating unjust executive action or an attempt to disturb a level-playing field between c.....
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SC: When Selected Candidate Resigns After Joining, Fresh Selection Must be Done to Fill Vacancy(25.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that if one of the selected candidates joins and then resigns, it gives rise to a fresh vacancy which should be filled up witho.....
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Guj. HC: Elected Members Must Not Disrepute the Institution to Which they are Elected(25.09.2023)
Gujarat High Court has held that it is expected from the elected members that they must ensure that no conflict arises between the public duties and t.....
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Supreme Court: Power Regulatory Bodies Must Have a Judicial Member(20.04.2018)
Supreme Court has ordered that one of the members of Electricity Regulatory Commissions should be a person of judicial background, quashing orders of .....
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Supreme Court Seeks to Reply on Stay on Poll Bonds(21.01.2020)
Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission within two weeks on an application seeking an interim stay on a fresh w.....
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Supreme Court Asks the Election Commission to Draw Up Action Plan to Decriminalize Politics(27.01.2020)
Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to draw up an action plan within one week on ways and means to check criminalization of politics in th.....
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Delhi HC Dismisses Pleas of Candidates Who Were Deprived of Filing Nominations for Delhi Elections(29.01.2020)
Delhi High Court has refused to entertain Petitions by several independent candidates challenging the rejection of their nomination for contesting the.....
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Delhi HC Reserves Order over TRAI Regulation(18.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has reserved its order on a writ petition challenging a new regulation of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which provide.....
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Bombay High Court: Submission of Caste Validity Certificate Mandatory within 12 Months of Election(22.10.2019)
Bombay High Court has ruled that it is essential for a candidate contesting from a reserved seat to produce a caste validity certificate within 12 mon.....
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Supreme Court Upholds Centre's Demand to Recover Dues of Rs 92,000 Crore from Telecom Companies(24.10.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld a demand by the Government that telecom companies pay Rs 92,000 crore in overdue levies and interest as it accepted the gover.....
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SC Gives TNSEC Four Months to Complete Elections of Local Bodies(28.09.2021)
Supreme Court has given the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) four months to complete elections to urban local bodies in the State.
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Kar HC: All Criminal Proceedings to be Disclosed in Nomination Form(17.01.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that while filing an election nomination form by a candidate, all the details related to the criminal proceedings irresp.....
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MP HC: Casting Doubt on Conduct of Elections via Social Media not an Offence u/s 505(2) of IPC(22.01.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that merely casting a doubt upon the conduct of free and fair Legislative Assembly elections through a social media.....
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Supreme Court Stays 27% OBC Reservation in Maharashtra Local Body Elections(07.12.2021)
Supreme Court has stayed the 27% reservation for the Other Backward Classes in the local body elections until further orders. The Court has passed the.....
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Madras HC Reserves Order on Maintainability of Plea Challenging AIADMK Intra-Party Elections(08.12.2021)
Madras High Court has reserved its orders on a writ petition challenging the legality of intra-party elections to the post of Coordinator and Joint Co.....
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Karnataka HC Directs ECI Not to Announce Election Results to be Held to Legislative Council(10.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to announce the results of the elections to be held to the Legislative Co.....
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SC: Only Consumer Has Right to Make Representation Before Electricity Ombudsman(10.12.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that only Consumers and not Distribution Licensee have a right to make representation before the Electricity Ombudsman in a.....
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Access To Electricity Supply Should Be Considered Human Right: Chhattisgarh HC(16.01.2018)
Chhattisgarh High Court has said that access to electricity should be construed as a human right and that denial of the same, even upon satisfying th.....
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State Bar Council Not Empowered To Interfere With Bar Association Elections: Madhya Pradesh HC(22.01.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that State Bar Councils cannot interfere with the election process or election of a Bar Association.
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Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Ban Electronic Cigarettes(27.11.2019)
Lok Sabha has passed the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Adv.....
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AP HC Directs SEC and Gujarala Urban Police to Ensure Free and Fair Election(12.11.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State Election Commission (SEC) and the Gurajala Urban police to provide adequate protection to ensure free.....
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Allahabad HC Directs DM to Order Compensation In Case Of Teacher’s Death During Election Duty(10.01.2022)
Allahabad High Court directed the District Magistrate, Jaunpur to examine and pass a reasoned order in a claim for compensation made in a case of a te.....
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Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Election Commission's Reply Over Ensuring Drug-Free Elections(14.01.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought the response of the State Election Commission, Punjab to ensure Drug-free Elections and for this purpose, the.....
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Calcutta HC Urges West Bengal State Election Committee to Postpone Proposed Elections(17.01.2022)
Calcutta High Court has urged the West Bengal State Election Commission to postpone the proposed elections to four municipal corporations for a period.....
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SC: Adequate Measures Available For Voters in Event of Error/Deletion of Names From Voter’s List(13.02.2024)
Supreme Court while closing proceedings related to duplication of names in electoral rolls, has held that there exist adequate measures for the aggrie.....
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Electoral Bond Scheme as Unconstitutional(15.02.2024)
Supreme Court has struck down the Electoral Bond Scheme stating it to be violative of Article 19(1)(a) of Constitution of India and the Right to Infor.....
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Tel. HC: Constitutional Validity of Section 38(2) of RP Act and Rule 5.7.1 of ECI’s Handbook Upheld(01.03.2024)
Telangana High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 38(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RP Act) and Rule 5.7.1 of .....
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MeitY: Social Media Intermediaries to Take Permission Before Launching AI Products in Country(04.03.2024)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has issued advisory to social media intermediaries and artificial intelligence platforms an.....
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Delhi High Court: First-Come-First-Serve Criteria Under Election Symbols Order, 1968 Upheld(05.03.2024)
Delhi High Court has upheld the criteria of ‘First-Come-First-Serve’ that allots free symbol to an unrecognized political party under the Election Sym.....
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HP High Court: State Not Competent to Enact Law on Levy of Cess on Water Usage for Electricity(06.03.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the matter related to the levy of cess on water usage for electricity generation is beyond the legislative c.....
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SC Decides Against Staying Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023(21.03.2024)
Supreme Court has refused to stay Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023 which removes the Chief Justice of India from.....
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Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Election Commissioners' Act(26.03.2024)
Supreme Court while deciding the batch of pleas has refused to stay the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, which .....
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All. HC: Candidates with Criminal Background Will Pose Severe Threat to Democracy if Elected(29.04.2024)
All. HC has observed that persons with criminal background having a long criminal history pollute the process of election and when such persons turn i.....
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Manipur HC: Mere Failure to Maintain True Account of Election Expenditure Not Corrupt(24.02.2022)
Manipur High Court has held that mere failure to maintain a true and correct account of election expenditure would not per se amount to corrupt practi.....
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Calcutta High Court: Person Seeking to Contest Elections is Deemed Public Interest(28.03.2024)
Calcutta High Court while allowing the resignation of a doctor to contest elections has held that there is a deemed public interest in a person seekin.....
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Mad. HC: Basic Structure of Consti. & Democracy Demolishes When Electors Gratified During Election(18.04.2024)
Mad. HC has observed that gratifications made to electors in various forms demolish basic structure of constitution and democracy but since legislatur.....
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SC: App. Seeking Permission for Public Gatherings During Lok Sabha Elections to be Decided in 3 Days(22.04.2024)
Supreme Court has directed competent authorities to decide any application filed for holding any assembly, meeting, demonstration, etc during Lok Sabh.....
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Madras HC: Electropathy/ Electro Homeopathy System of Medicine Cannot be Allowed to Propel(13.03.2020)
Madras High Court has dismissed a Petition upholding that Electropathy/Electro Homeopathy system of medicine cannot be allowed to propel, as the same .....
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#Union Budget 2022-2023: Telecommunication Development in Rural Areas(01.02.2022)
Finance Minister has stated that 5% annual collection of service obligation fund will be allocated for rural telecom and broadband development. Contra.....
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Madras HC Disposes of Plea Filed by Plea Challenging Election Notice by REPCO Bank(04.02.2022)
Madras High Court has disposed of a batch of writ petitions filed by candidates challenging the election notice issued by the returning officer of Rep.....
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Andhra Pradesh HC: Cannot Cancel Selection Process in Absence of Valid, Bonafide Reasons(14.05.2024)
AP HC has held that it is settled that mere participation in the selection process does not give any indefeasible right to a candidate to get appointe.....
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Karnataka HC: Can’t Provide Free Bus Service to Enable Voters to Reach Polling Booth(17.05.2024)
Karnataka High Court has observed that free bus services cannot be provided to enable voters to reach polling booths and stated that the Chief Electio.....
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