Election Law

Supreme Court stays Bombay HC order telling EC to hold Pune Lok Sabha bye-poll immediately

The constituency has been vacant since Bharatiya Janata Party MP Girish Bapat died on March 29.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 08, 2024 · 04:37 pm
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
· Aug 23, 2018 · 06:24 pm
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
· Oct 10, 2015 · 06:30 pm