Jharkhand CM writes to ED assistant director questioning agency’s claim in illegal mining case \
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Jharkhand CM writes to ED assistant director questioning agency’s claim in illegal mining case

18-Nov-2022
Hours before Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren turned up before ED's zonal office, he released a letter written to ED's assistant director Deovrat Jha questioning the agency's claim.
18-Nov-2022 National
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Illegal mining case: Jharkhand CM Soren questioned for 9 hours \
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Illegal mining case: Jharkhand CM Soren questioned for 9 hours

17-Nov-2022
Soren was summoned months after the Election Commission, in August, sent a report to Governor Ramesh Bais, recommending the CM's disqualification as a member of the state legislative assembly for allegedly holding a mining lease.
17-Nov-2022 National
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Illegal mining case: Ahead of Hemant Soren joining ED investigation, UPA legislators to hold meeting today \
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Illegal mining case: Ahead of Hemant Soren joining ED investigation, UPA legislators to hold meeting today

16-Nov-2022
The ED had rejected Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's request to prepone his questioning date to November 16 instead of November 17, which was earlier fixed in the agency's second summon, according to the sources.
16-Nov-2022 National
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SC Notice To Centre, ECI On PIL Backing Prisoners’ Right To Vote \
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SC Notice To Centre, ECI On PIL Backing Prisoners’ Right To Vote

31-Oct-2022
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A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi sought response from the government and ECI New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea challenging Section 62(5) of the Representation of People Act which... The post appeared first on .
31-Oct-2022 National
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SC notice to Centre, Election Commission on PIL backing prisoners’ right to vote \
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SC notice to Centre, Election Commission on PIL backing prisoners’ right to vote

31-Oct-2022
A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi sought response from the government and Election Commission of India on plea challenging Section 62(5) of the Representation of People Act which deprives prisoners their right to vote.
31-Oct-2022 National
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CPI’s Binoy Viswam moves SC opposing Subramanian Swamy’s plea to delete ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ from Preamble \
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CPI’s Binoy Viswam moves SC opposing Subramanian Swamy’s plea to delete ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ from Preamble

10-Sep-2022
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and the Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam has approached the Supreme Court opposing the petition filed by BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy seeking to delete the words 'Secular' and 'Socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
10-Sep-2022 National
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Representation of People Act 1950, 1951 applicable in J-K after Article 370 abrogation: Officials on voting rights to non-locals \
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Representation of People Act 1950, 1951 applicable in J-K after Article 370 abrogation: Officials on voting rights to non-locals

18-Aug-2022
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 18 (ANI): The Representation of People Act 1950 and 1951 is applicable in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, which allows the ordinarily residing person to get registered in electoral rolls of UT of Jammu and Kashmir, said government officials on Thursday.
18-Aug-2022 National
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HC dismisses plea seeking offering cash in election manifestos declared corrupt \
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HC dismisses plea seeking offering cash in election manifestos declared corrupt

17-May-2022
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking direction to declare cash transfers or promises by political parties in election manifestos as corrupt practice under Section 123 of the Representation of People Act, 19.
17-May-2022 National
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Uttarakhand polls: Counting of votes for 70 Assembly seats to begin at 8 am tomorrow \
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Uttarakhand polls: Counting of votes for 70 Assembly seats to begin at 8 am tomorrow

09-Mar-2022
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 9 (ANI): The counting of votes for the recently held elections to the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly will start at 8 am on Thursday, informed the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday.
09-Mar-2022 National
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SC to consider hearing PIL challenging use of EVMs \
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SC to consider hearing PIL challenging use of EVMs

19-Jan-2022
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would consider the listing of a PIL that challenged the constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of People Act which had led to the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs), instead of ballot papers, for elections.
19-Jan-2022 National
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