Top Law News Calcutta High Court stays WB panchayat polls till further orders April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Displeased with the State Election Commission’s (SEC) decision to cancel its own order to extend the nomination process by a day, the Calcutta High Court today stayed the ongoing panchayat election process in West Bengal till further orders. Rejecting the SEC’s contention that the writ petition of the BJP was not maintainable, the court held […] Read more » Calcutta High Court featured SEC State Election Commission vice-president Kalyan Banerjee
Top Law News TN SEC offers unconditional apology in Madras High Court November 14, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu State Election commissioner M Malik Ferozh Khan and its secretary S Rajasekar today tendered an unconditional apology in the Madras High Court on a contempt plea by the DMK over failure by the poll body to conduct the civic elections as directed by the court. They submitted that preparatory steps have been taken […] Read more » Court DMK featured Law Legal News Madras High Court State Election Commission Tamil Nadu
Top Law News TN SEC appears before HC in contempt plea November 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Top officials of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission today appeared before the Madras High Court in connection with a contempt plea by the opposition DMK against them for not complying with a court order on holding local body elections. State Election Commissioner M Malik Ferozh Khan and its secretary S Rajasekar appeared before the […] Read more » Court DMK featured Law Legal News Madras High Court State Election Commission Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Civic polls: Madras HC warns SEC of contempt proceedings April 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Declining to extend the May 14 deadline for conducting local body elections in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court today warned the State Election Commission of contempt proceedings if it does not to comply with its order. The First Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice R M T Teekaa Raman made […] Read more » civic polls contempt proceedings Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court SEC State Election Commission
Top Law News Bengal may approach SC to seek panchayat polls before Ramzan July 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the West Bengal panchayat polls slated to be held during Ramzan, the ruling Trinamool Congress said Saturday it might approach the Supreme Court to conclude the exercise before the Muslim holy month, which begins in the second week of July. “With the polls slated to be conducted during the month of Ramzan, we are […] Read more » Bengal may approach SC to seek panchayat polls before Ramzan MP Kalyan Banerjee national news news SEC State Election Commission todays news todays top news Top news Trinamool Congress
Top Law News State Election Commission moves HC against Govt’s Panchayat poll notification April 2, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For seeking an order to cancel the notification issued by the west Bengal government to hold the panchayadt elections later this month, the State Election Commission (SEC) moved to the Calcutta High court. The state government, in a recent notification, announced it would hold the election in two phases–April 26 and April 30– despite the […] Read more » Calcutta High Court panchayat elections Panchayat poll notification State Election Commission West Bengal government
Top Law News Code violations, HC asks election panel to act January 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment State Election Commission and the city police has been asked by the Delhi High Court to take proper action on complaints of violations of Model Code of Conduct during MCD elections last year. A bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain said any inaction on the part of the commission and the police would […] Read more » Advocate Dhananjay Shahi Anurag Kejriwal City Police Delhi president of the party Lok Satta Party MCD elections MCD elections in 2012 model code by national parties model code of conduct Model Code of Conduct during MCD elections State Election Commission