State Election Commission Archives

No reservation for OBC should be provided in Urban Local Body elections; Allahabad High Court directs State to notify elections immediately and to include women quota

It is inclusion not exclusion, equality not inequality and democracy not executive fiat that runs as a common thread throughout our Constitution. In a society as diverse as ours it has been the endeavour of our Constitutional Courts to further strengthen this thread.

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court | Elected Independent Candidate joining a political party or coalition, shall acquire disqualification as per Section 3(1)(c) of the Kerala Local Authorities (Prohibition of Defection) Act

Kerala High Court: In an appeal filed challenging the judgment of the Single Judge upholding the State Election Commission’s order of disqualifying

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Is State Election Commission/Collector’s order under Section 14B(1) of Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959 refusing to disqualify a Sarpanch/Member of Panchayat appealable?

Supreme Court: Answering an interesting question of law, the Bench of AM Khanwilkar* and CT Ravikumar, JJ has held that no remedy

Case Briefs High Courts

Explainer | Bombay HC at Goa on Quota in Municipal Polls [Detailed Report]

“Democratically elected nations burgeon on absolutely free and impartial elections and India being a colossal democracy demands such a process.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | While exercising discretionary powers of deciding ‘exceptional circumstances’, SEC cannot ignore Constitutional mandate under Art. 243E; Directions issued to schedule Panchayat elections

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka CJ. and Ashok S. Kinagi J., while partly allowing the present petition,

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | State Election Commission cannot pass interim order in a proceeding pending under S. 4 of Kerala Local Authorities (Prohibition of Defection) Act

Kerala High Court: The Bench of Shaji P. Chaly, J. hearing a civil writ petition pertaining to a no-confidence motion filed against President