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At the heart of the Bihar SIR dispute is the basic natural justice principle: hear a person before causing harm
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Operating in atmosphere of sharp political hostility: ECI to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it was “operating in an atmosphere of sharp political hostility” where hardly any of its decisions were not contested as it justified conducting the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which prima facie agreed with the powers of the ECI to conduct the SIR exercise, …
Bihar SIR: No Objection by Political Parties in 14 Days on Draft Voter List
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Election Commission of India (ECI) has received a total of 23,557 claims and objections over the draft voter list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, out of which 741 complaints have been disposed, a press note said on Thursday. India News | Bihar SIR: No Objection by Political Parties in 14 Days on Draft Voter List.
At the heart of the Bihar SIR dispute is the basic natural justice principle: hear a person before causing harm
There are stringent standards and procedures set out by statutory laws to guide the ECI on the registration of names in the electoral rolls. These laws balance out the ECI’s power of superintendence over elections under Article 324 with the ordinary citizens’ or the “little man’s” right to vote enshrined in Article 326 of the Constitution and Section 62 of the Representation of the People (RP) Act
Election Commission’s time-buying tactic may fail SC intervention in SIR case
By Sami Ahmad PATNA: Senior journalist Ashutosh concluded a debate on August 12 over the Supreme Court hearing on the voter list’s SIR (Special Intensive Revision) being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) with this couplet of Mirza Ghalib: Hum ne maana ke taghaaful na karoge lekinKhaak ho jaayenge hum tum ko khabar hote tak (It is okay that you will not be indifferent, but by the time you hear about me, I will be no more.) In a …
With the assembly elections in Bihar due later this year, the Election Commission of India has taken a special drastic step to revise the electoral roll. According to this amendment, all those who were not included in the electoral roll prepared in 2003 will have to provide proof of their date of birth and place of birth, and those born after July 1, 1981 will have to provide proof of their parents' place of birth, and those who do not have thes…
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