Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud addresses during the 20th D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture on Adopting Technology to Advance Criminal Justice, in New Delhi on April 1, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Interplay between law and technology can ensure criminal justice reform: CJI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on April 1 said … Read more
New Delhi: Taking a strong step to ensure compliance with the model code of conduct, the Election Commission has directed the Union government to “immediately halt” Viksit Bharat messages being sent over WhatsApp. The poll panel has also instructed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to immediately submit a compliance report. The action by … Read more
New Delhi: The government has opposed any stay on the law to appoint election commissioners, arguing that any challenges to the legislation are politically motivated and “created only on basis of unsupported and pernicious statements”. The government also pointed out challenges to the Chief Election Commissioners Act did not question credentials of persons appointed to … Read more
Voting for 89 seats across 13 states will take place on April 26 in Phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls, said the Election Commission announcing the dates for polls which will be held in seven phases, billed the largest exercise of the democratic franchise in human history. The election results will be declared on June … Read more
The poll body has been asked by the court to make this data public on its website by Friday. New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to make the electoral bonds data public on its website soon after the expected disclosure by the State Bank of India. The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the State Bank … Read more
Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday offered to continue the dialogue for an “amicable solution” with the farmers unions but there was no forward movement on two of their key demands — legally guaranteed MSPs and implementation of Swaminathan formula. Munda in a video message invited the leaders for the fifth round of talks … Read more