Supreme Court
3 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Supreme Court”, published between July 2018 and April 2019. They are filed mainly under Election commission 2019, BJP, Aam Aadmy Party. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Rafale review: Supreme Court admits three ‘secret’ documents as evidence
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 10 April, turned down the Centre’s preliminary objections in the Rafale review case and allowed three classified documents to be considered as evidence while it re-examines its earlier Rafale order. The government’s objection During hearings that ended on 14 March, Attorney General KK Venugopal argued that certain papers the petitioners wanted to rely on were confidential and had been “stolen” from the Defence Ministry. He also said that the petitioners and the journalists who had published the papers had breached the Official Secrets Act. WhenRead More
Supreme Court seeks Election Commission’s reply on opposition plea to audit 50% of EVMs
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Election Commission to respond to a petition by 21 opposition parties seeking verification of at least 50 percent of electronic voting machines against their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips in the general election. The court’s direction A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the Commission and asked it to send an officer to help the bench when the matter is next heard on March 25. Who filed the plea and whyRead More
Supreme Court rules Delhi LG cannot block elected government, a win for Kejriwal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously, by 5-0, that Delhi’s elected government has the power to legislate and act on matters within its jurisdiction, and that the lieutenant governor’s agreement is not needed for such decisions. The judgment, however, left in place the LG’s power to refer disagreements to the President, as long as he does not use it “mechanically”. What the court said The Constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan, D Y Chandrachud, A M Khanwilkar and A K Sikri delivered judgments runningRead More
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