Supreme Court Free Fair Election

There has to be sanctity in the electoral process, the Supreme Court told the Election Commission of India today, asking the poll body to explain in detail the steps followed to ensure free and fair polls.

Ensuring a free and fair electoral process is imperative for maintaining people's trust in representative democracy, the Supreme Court has said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has moved Supreme Court seeking directions to the State Election Commission to conduct Municipal Elections in Delhi in a free, fair and expeditious manner, without any interference from the Central government.

The opposition parties have told the Supreme Court that if election results got delayed due to counting of VVPAT slips of 50 per cent of 13.5 lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), it will still help ensure the sanctity of a free and fair contest.

The Election Commission is vested with absolute powers, but still has to act in conformity with the law made by Parliament, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The top court said that even though the poll panel has powers to supervise and conduct free and fair election, those powers have their limitations.

The Bengal BJP has approached the Supreme Court appealing against the State Election Commission's sudden decision to cancel the extended deadline for the filing of nomination in the panchayat elections. The commission's order to extend the timing by four hours came late last evening, hours after the Supreme Court asked it to "ensure free and fair" ...

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the West Bengal state election commission to "ensure fair and free" panchayat poll in the state and take appropriate steps to allay the apprehensions of BJP or other intending candidates of not being allowed to contest the elections.

Accusing the West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of pre-poll violence, the BJP on Wednesday said it will seek the Supreme Court's intervention to ensure "free and fair" Panchayat elections in the state.

No specific schemes can be announced in the union budget for the five states where assembly elections are due this year, the Election Commission has said. The Commission said, "in the interest of free and fair elections" and to maintain "level playing field during elections", no state specific schemes should be announced in the national budget, whi...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to introduce in a phased manner the paper trail in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, saying "it is an indispensable requirement of free, fair and transparent" polls which will restore confidence of the voters.

Freebies promised by political parties in their election manifestos shake the roots of free and fair polls; the Supreme Court today said and directed the Election Commission (EC) to frame guidelines for regulating the contents of manifestos.

There has to be sanctity in the electoral process, the Supreme Court told the Election Commission of India today, asking the poll body to explain in detail the steps followed to ensure free and fair polls.

Ensuring a free and fair electoral process is imperative for maintaining people's trust in representative democracy, the Supreme Court has said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has moved Supreme Court seeking directions to the State Election Commission to conduct Municipal Elections in Delhi in a free, fair and expeditious manner, without any interference from the Central government.

The opposition parties have told the Supreme Court that if election results got delayed due to counting of VVPAT slips of 50 per cent of 13.5 lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), it will still help ensure the sanctity of a free and fair contest.

The Election Commission is vested with absolute powers, but still has to act in conformity with the law made by Parliament, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The top court said that even though the poll panel has powers to supervise and conduct free and fair election, those powers have their limitations.

The Bengal BJP has approached the Supreme Court appealing against the State Election Commission's sudden decision to cancel the extended deadline for the filing of nomination in the panchayat elections. The commission's order to extend the timing by four hours came late last evening, hours after the Supreme Court asked it to "ensure free and fair" ...

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the West Bengal state election commission to "ensure fair and free" panchayat poll in the state and take appropriate steps to allay the apprehensions of BJP or other intending candidates of not being allowed to contest the elections.

Accusing the West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of pre-poll violence, the BJP on Wednesday said it will seek the Supreme Court's intervention to ensure "free and fair" Panchayat elections in the state.

No specific schemes can be announced in the union budget for the five states where assembly elections are due this year, the Election Commission has said. The Commission said, "in the interest of free and fair elections" and to maintain "level playing field during elections", no state specific schemes should be announced in the national budget, whi...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to introduce in a phased manner the paper trail in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, saying "it is an indispensable requirement of free, fair and transparent" polls which will restore confidence of the voters.

Freebies promised by political parties in their election manifestos shake the roots of free and fair polls; the Supreme Court today said and directed the Election Commission (EC) to frame guidelines for regulating the contents of manifestos.