‘Voter Turnout Data Available Five Minutes After Polling Ends': Former EC Chief
Former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Qureshi has said it is for the Election Commission to explain why so much time is being taken to finalise the votes polled data.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #VoterTurnout #VoterTurnoutData #EVMs #SYQureshi #ECI #ElectionCommission #ElectionCommissioners #india
Election Commission ushers India to its electoral nadir
The current ECs are twisting the knife in the deeply wounded electoral process. They have taken a weak, inadequate system and murdered its soul. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan writes.
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#ElectionCommission #ElectionCommissioners #HateSpeech #transparency #ECI #LokSabhaElection2024 #india
After Opposition alleges ‘match-fixing’ in LS polls, former CECs: ‘I-T, ED actions can disrupt level playing field’
“This is a tricky issue … But the fact is that how do you expect a political party to contest an election when its access to funds is cut off?” asks a former CEC.
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SC Refuses to Stay Law Removing CJI from Panel to Appoint Election Commissioners
The bench said the petitioners' arguments would be examined but did not pause the act at this stage.
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https://thewire.in/law/supreme-court-election-commissioner-selection-cji-stay
सुप्रीम कोर्ट का नए निर्वाचन आयुक्तों की नियुक्ति पर रोक लगाने से इनकार
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ज्ञानेश कुमार और सुखबीर संधू चुनाव आयुक्त नियुक्त, PM मोदी की अध्यक्षता वाले पैनल का फैसला
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Petition filed in SC to restrain Union govt from appointing new Election Commissioners
The petition was filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur, who stated that the removal of Chief Justice of India from the panel violates the principles of free and fair election.
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Parliament Passes Bill On Election Commissioners Appointment; CJI Dropped From Selection Panel
In a significant development during the Winter Session, the Lok Sabha passed the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 on Thursday (December 21). The bill aims to regulate the appointment, conditions of service, and term of office for the chief election commissioner (CEC) and other election commissioners (EC), as well as outline the procedure for the functioning of the Election Commission.
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Why the Election Commission Should Not Just Be Neutral but Also Transparent
The PMO’s summoning or ‘inviting’ of election commissioners in December 2021 was in violation of the Constitution, irrespective of how important or urgent the issue.
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https://thewire.in/books/election-commission-neutral-transparent-sy-quraishi-book-excerpt
Ex-CECs unite, set to tell PM: Don’t reduce status of EC to that of Cabinet Secretary
Critics say downgrade ties EC hands, but official says precedence order unchanged.
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Election Commissioners' Appointment Bill: Farewell to Free and Fair Elections?
Bringing the Election Commission under the control of the political executive is repugnant to the concept of an independent election commission enshrined in the constitution.
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