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Office of profit

19 Mar 2024

What Is The 'Office Of Profit' Row And What Are The Constitutional Provisions?

Office Of Profit, Nayab Singh Saini, Haryana, Sonia Gandhi, Article 102 (1), Representation of the People Act, 1951

07 Sep 2023

DC Summons Arvind Kejriwal’s Wife After Her Name Figures in Voters List

The BJP leader has alleged in his complaint that the chief minister’s wife has violated the provisions of the Representation of the People (RP) Act.

Chief Election Commissioner

20 Sep 2022

CEC proposes lowering anonymous political donations to cleanse poll funding

Chief Election Commissioner wrote a letter to Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju to cap the cash donations to political parties The CEC proposed to bring down anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000 to cleanse election funding through black money The poll panel's letter has recommended various amendments to the Representation of the People Act

07 Dec 2019

Bill seeking mandatory disclosure of foreign travel details by MPs moved in RS

A circular was sent by the Parliamentary Affairs Minister to all MPs earlier this July in this regard, the legislation, titled 'The Representation Of The People (Amendment) Bill, 2019' seeks to make the disclosures 'mandatory' for all the MPs.

Election Commission

10 Feb 2018

Election Commission files affidavit in SC, seeks power to deregister political parties

The Election Commission on Saturday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and sought powers to deregister political parties.

11 Dec 2017

Fighting polls on two seats: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre and Election Commission

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre and the Election Commission over a plea seeking cancellation of candidates contesting from more than one constituency.

02 Aug 2017

Cabinet clears proxy voting for NRIs

For overseas Indians, the Representation of the People Act needs to be amended to include proxy voting as other means to cast their votes.

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