New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, the Election Commission of India (ECI) and all states on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking implementation of fingerprint and iris-based biometric identification of voters at polling stations to curb electoral malpractices.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order while hearing a petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.Issuing a notice, the C…
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Chennai, March 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has emerged as a major focal point in the ongoing Assembly election process, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) deploying an extensive network of Central Observers to oversee polling across the state.In a move aimed at strengthening transparency and accountability, the Commission has assigned a total of 327 observers to Tamil Nadu alone — one of the highest deployments in the country. The observer team includes 136 General Observers, 40 Police Observ…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Thursday, briefed Central Observers on using IT platforms to ensure free, fair and transparent upcoming Assembly elections in five states and Union Territories (UTs). Addressing observers for Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Assembly elections, the CEC said they have been selected to serve as the beacons of the Election Commission of India (ECI).He added that the Central Observers should ensure free,…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday flagged alleged discrepancies in electoral roll revision created by “misuse of Form-7” applications to delete voters’ names and sought ECI’s immediate intervention to prevent other parties from gaining “unfair electoral advantage” through this route.Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, in a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and two other ECs, said, “Initiate immediate corrective measures by instituting …