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Answering petitions over Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's decisions, the poll body says every SIR order was unanimous, but concedes that its online voter form could be read as an amendment it had no power to make.
Hearing the Delhi voter roll revision case, the bench questioned why existing voters must file a fresh enrolment form, and said the legality of the "logical discrepancy" category is still undecided.
From the first report of 14 recorded objections to the Commission's affidavit in the Supreme Court, a timeline of the dispute over how decisions are taken inside India's poll body.
The 2023 law that governs appointments to the Election Commission replaced the Chief Justice with a Union minister on the selection panel. Its Section 18 is now at the heart of a Supreme Court challenge.
The extended deadline for claims and objections in Delhi's voter roll revision ended on 30 October, but enrolment does not stop. A practical guide to checking your entry and using the right form.
The Right to Information Act lets any citizen demand records from a public authority for a fee of Rs 10. A step by step guide to asking, appealing and getting an answer.
In February 2024 a five-judge bench held that the electoral bonds scheme violated voters' right to information. What the scheme was, what the court said and what it revealed.
Every candidate for Parliament or an assembly must file a sworn affidavit listing pending criminal cases, assets, liabilities and education. Where to find it and what to look for.
The Tenth Schedule was meant to stop MLAs and MPs switching sides for money or office. Four decades on, the delay in deciding disqualification petitions is its biggest weakness.
Ministers must answer MPs' questions, the opposition chairs the committee that examines government spending, and an independent auditor reports on how money is used. How each works, and where each is weak.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita dropped the word sedition, but its Section 152 punishes acts endangering India's sovereignty, unity and integrity. How it differs from the old Section 124A.
The Supreme Court held in 2020 that internet suspensions must be necessary, proportionate, temporary and published. A guide to the law, the rules and the gaps between them.
