SC frowns on foreigners’ tribunals plan
The Supreme Court has questioned a proposal by the Assam government to quickly open 1,000 foreigners’ tribunals all over the state to try suspected illegal immigrants. The court has questioned …
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Stick to deadline on finalisation of Assam NRC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that it will not extend the July 31 deadline for finalisation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. Further, the apex court has …
Read MoreVVPAT: Opposition has a recourse in slip counting
Recently, the Supreme Court has rejected opposition parties’ demand for 50% random physical verification of electronic voting machines using the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT). Instead the Court has directed …
Read MoreHome Ministry has done away with Black Lists of Indian-origin people: Officials
The Home Ministry has decided to discard its ‘Black List’ of Indian-origin people. The list mostly comprised the names of people belonging to the Sikh Community who had taken asylum …
Read MoreCentre asks Supreme Court to rethink elevation of two High Court judges
The Centre has returned the proposals forwarded by the Supreme Court collegium for elevation of High court judges to the Supreme Court. The Government has asked the Supreme Court to …
Read MoreDarbar move: secretariat reopens in Srinagar
The Civil Secretariat and other move offices of Jammu & Kashmir government has been reopened in summer capital Srinagar as part of bi-annual Darbar Move. Darbar is the name for …
Read MoreSC turns down Opposition plea for increased VVPAT verification
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea of 21 Opposition parties to review its judgment rejecting 50% random physical verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) using Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail …
Read MoreExplained: Dissent in the Election Commission – what the rules say
According to a report,one of the Election Commissioner has dissented with the opinion of other Election Commissioners in five different matters pertaining to alleged violations of the Model Code of …
Read MoreEC rejects plea for advancement of poll timings
The Election Commission has rejected a request for advancing the start of polling from 7 a.m. to 5 a.m. in the remaining three phases of Lok Sabha elections 2019. …
Read MoreMore women voted in nine States: EC data
According to the phase-wise data released by the Election Commission, women voters have outnumbered men in several States and Union Territories. In nine States,there was a higher women turnout.The highest …
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