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VVPAT Case : Supreme Court Allows Runner-Up Candidates To Seek Verification Of Burnt Memory Of 5% EVMs Per Assembly Segment
While rejecting the pleas seeking 100% cross verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records, the Supreme Court on Friday (April 26) allowed verification of the burnt memory semi-controller of 5% of EVMs per assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency in case a written request for the same is made by either of two runner...
Arvind Kejriwal's Petition Listed On May 6 Despite Direction For Earlier Posting : Singhvi Tells Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday (April 26) told the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal's petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is shown to be listed on May 6 though the Court had directed it to be listed in the week commencing from April 29.Singhvi mentioned the petition before the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta, and...
Delhi High Court To Hear Plea To Disqualify PM Modi From Contesting Elections On April 29
The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday (April 29) the petition seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for six years for allegedly seeking votes for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the name of Hindu as well as Sikh deities and place of worships.The plea was moved by Anand S Jondhale, a lawyer by profession. Justice Sachin Datta, who had to hear the matter, was not holding...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification, Issues Directions To Seal Symbol Loading Unit
In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday (April 26) rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.The verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. Though the cases were reserved for orders on April 18, they were listed again on April 24 as...
Should Legislature Specifically Delete Provisions Which Are Struck Down By Courts? Supreme Court Discusses
A Supreme Court 9-Judge Constitution bench on Thursday (April 25), while hearing the issue of interpretation of Article 39(b), pondered whether the legislature needed to pass necessary amendments to delete a provision from the statute book after it has been struck down by the Court as unconstitutional.The matter is being heard by a bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud,...
Supreme Court Judgment On EVM-VVPAT Verification : Live Updates
The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment today at 10.30 AM on a batch of petitions seeking 100% verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slipsA bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had reserved judgment on the petitions on April 18 after two days of hearing. The Court listed the...
Private Property Is Community Resource? Article 39(b) Can't Be Seen Through Economic Prism Or Political Ideology, AG Tells Supreme Court [Day 3]
The Supreme Court's 9-judge Constitution Bench today (April 25) resumed hearing the issue of whether the phrase 'Material Resource of The Community' in Article 39(b) of the Constitution covers in its ambit resources which are owned privately. Attorney General (AG) Mr R Venkataramani opened its arguments on interpretation of Article 39(b). The AG spotlighted that Article 39(b) has to be seen...
Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment On Pleas For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment tomorrow on a batch of petitions seeking 100% verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slipsA bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had reserved judgment on the petitions on April 18 after two days of hearing. The Court listed the petitions again...
PIL Before Delhi High Court To Allow Arrested Politicians To Campaign Through VC For Lok Sabha Polls 2024
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking a direction upon the Election Commission of India (ECI) to develop a mechanism to ensure that arrested political leaders are allowed to campaign through VC for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024. The plea has been filed by Amarjeet Gupta, a final year law student and has been moved through Advocate Md. Imran Ahmad. A direction is also...
[Lok Sabha Elections] Model Code Of Conduct Doesn't Stand In Way Of Executing Judicial Order: P&H High Court Pulls Up Govts For Making "Excuses"
Observing that "no further excuse of the prevalence of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) shall be entertained", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that no code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of India can be permitted to stand in way of execution of High Court's order. While noting that there are number of cases where the States of Haryana and Punjab, as well as,...
Supreme Court Registry Refuses To Receive Petition To Abolish Collegium System & Revive NJAC
In the latest development, the Supreme Court's Registry (on April 24) refused to receive a writ petition seeking the abolition of the collegium system and to render the 2015 NJAC verdict as void ab initio.The petition was filed by Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara and few others. The Registrar, in his order, noted that the matter has already been decided by the Constitution Bench of the...
'Stridhan' Is Wife's Absolute Property, Husband Holds No Title Over It: Supreme Court Reiterates
The Supreme Court (on April 24) reiterated that stridhan is an “absolute property” of a woman, and while the husband has no control over the same, he can use it in times of distress. Nevertheless, he has a “moral obligation” to restore the same or its value to his wife. The Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred to a three-judge Bench decision in Rashmi Kumar...