Representation Of People Act

Election Commission warning on electoral bonds: Opaqueness defeats idea of clean money in political funding

Electoral bonds scheme, which came into effect in January 2018, had clocked in over Rs 600 crore political funding by October 2018.

Budget Session of Parliament begins today: List of Bills slated to be tabled includes triple talaq

The budget session of Parliament will commence on Monday as the Modi government readies to present its last full Budget before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Supreme Court to examine whether EC can de-register political parties for appointing 'tainted' office-bearers

The petitioner is arguing that Section 29A of the electoral act means that the power to register and recognise a political party by the EC also means it can de-register them.

Winter Session of Parliament: Govt to table bill to allow NRIs to vote through postal or e-ballots

KK Venugopal told the court that NRIs could not be allowed to vote by merely changing the rules made under the Representation of People Act and a Bill was needed to be introduced in Parliament to amend the Act itself to grant the voting rights

SC seeks data on conviction rate of politicians in criminal cases, mulls lifetime ban on convicted lawmakers

Supreme Court sought to know the rate of conviction of politicians in criminal cases and asked whether its direction to complete trial against them within a year was being effectively implemented

A reporter’s diary from Nandyal: From AK-47s and crude bombs in 1991 to outpouring of venom in 2017

Naidu should know by now that there is no one-size-fits-all recipe to win an election in any region at any time. In politics, one plus one seldom equals two.

Chhagan Bhujbal allowed to cast vote in presidential polls 2017, tells Mumbai court it's his constitutional right

Bhujbal has been in judicial custody since his arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) last year.

EVM tampering: Opposition parties have failed to take defeat sportingly, put EC image in dock

The shrillness with which the 16 political parties are alleging EVM tampering essentially suggests that they have not reconciled to the defeat in recent rounds of Assembly and local bodies elections.

Assembly Elections 2016: EC bans exit polls between 4 April and 16 May

The Election Commission on Thursday banned exit polls between 4 April and 16 May when Assembly elections are held in five states.

DMDK women's wing leader and Vijayakant's wife Premalatha booked for 'instigating' voters to take money for their votes

DMDK women's wing leader and party founder Vijayakant's wife Premalatha has been booked for allegedly instigating voters to accept money from DMK and AIADMK to vote in the coming assembly elections.