Category: Polity Concepts
Re-polling
Election Commission of India conducted re-polling for the ongoing Lok Sabha General Elections in various polling stations of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
How are symbols allotted to political parties?
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi denied a common symbol by the ECI in Tamil Nadu
ADR report – Criminalisation of Politics
Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) Report highlights the increasing trend on criminalisation of politics.
Preventive Detention
Preventive detention by routine exercise of powers must be nipped in bud: Supreme Court
Nomination process and CMRF
Nomination process for first phase of Lok Sabha polls 2024 began.
Election Commission has exempted certain emergency works under CMRF from the ambit of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
Model Code of Conduct
Model Code of Conduct came into force with the announcement of General Elections
FIR and General Diary
The Supreme Court recently ruled that information revealing the occurrence of a cognizable offense must be documented as a FIR, rather than in the General Diary.