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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments
Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections
Elections underway, CBI, ED send notice to TMC leader
Matter relates to the Rs 500 crore I-Core ponzi scam, where the chairman of the group was arrested six years ago
Battleground Bengal: EC bars Dilip Ghosh from campaigning for 24 hours
After letting off other BJP bigwigs like Suvendu Adhikari with a light rap on the wrists for communal statements, perhaps EC’s action against the Bengal BJP chief is a face-saving move
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Battleground Bengal: Fake news flourishes, videos go viral on social media
Alt News discovers that a recent viral video claimed to be of Sitalkuchi, was actually from an incident that took place at a polling booth Manipur in 2019
Forest dwellers to elect village heads for first time in UP
The Vantangiya tribe lives in dense forest areas of Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Gonda and Balrampur in Eastern UP
Prosecute CISF personnel for firing on unarmed villagers: MASUM to NHRC
Questioning the CISF’s claims of a mob attack, MASUM members asked why unarmed villagers were attacked during the incident.
New MSME Board appoints many non-official members with BJP links
While many BJP ex-MLAs, candidates, Laghu Udyog Bharati members and functionaries, the Union Ministry said that all members had business links
Uttar Pradesh is reeling under Covid-19 crisis, who is in charge?
Ambulances not reaching patients in time, CMO is taking two days to give referral slips; Adityanath Cabinet minister's letter on poor handling of COVID-19 pandemic in Lucknow goes viral
Battleground Bengal: EC’s different strokes for different folks
The Commission has barred Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours, issued notice to BJP state President Dilip Ghosh, while let off BJP’s Nandigram candidate with a reprimand for his “mini Pakistan” remarks
Battleground Bengal: Campaign ban on Mamata Banerjee parting shot by outgoing CEC?
The unprecedented action against a sitting Chief Minister raises concerns about political neutrality of a purportedly autonomous institution
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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments
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Rule of Law
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