Election Law
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Simultaneous polls: ‘No chance at all,’ says Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat
The poll panel’s chief said it would not be possible to hold the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections together anytime soon without a legal framework in place.
Scroll Staff
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Perennially pending: Election cases that stretch on endlessly taint our democracy
Election malpractice cases are supposed to be decided in six months. But a number of elected lawmakers and legislators end up serving their full terms before petitions challenging their election are disposed of,
Rakesh Bhatnagar