Keeping Pace with Legal Change
The national capital has been engulfed in a major legal scandal that involved one of the most eminent political leaders in India. A new application has been made before a court in Delhi requesting a First Information Report (FIR) against a congress leader, Sonia Gandhi
The Bihar assembly election campaign has seen a massive political explosion as out of the rally ground to the offices of the Election Commission of India. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lodged a formal complaint with the Congress party against Rahul Gandhi, his senior, over what they consider to be highly derogatory, indecent and personal remarks directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The paper investigates the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls of the State of Bihar and its constitutional provisions of the Constitution of India and the Representation of the People Act 1950. It details major specifications such as house-to-house checks, paper-based requests, even the debate of its timing, disenfranchisement it may cause to the disadvantaged communities.
The article provides an analysis of the legality of the membership of the Indian MPs in TV shows in terms of office of profit and conflict of interest as covered by the Constitution and other supporting Acts. Its findings are that in most cases, work by a professional person in his own behalf is not obliged and only in case of office of profit or in such cases where there arise direct conflict of duties on public service, the work by a professional person in personal behalf is prohibited.
This paper discusses a ruling of the Bombay High Court in Chetan Chandrakant Ahire against. Union of India, rejected a writ petition, which objected to the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Court stressed upon the legislative prohibition against intervention by the Court on the subject of an election, the lack of locus standi of the petitioner and a dearth of any demand for justice, recreating the orderly nature of the legal system of election disputes.
The decision of the Election Commission of India to keep only 45 days of CCTV footage of the polling station unless an election petition is filed is a debateable topic. Although such a policy is intended to safeguard voter privacy and avoid the use of footage to create damaging narratives, critics view it to be a hindrance to voting transparency and accountability creating fundamental questions about what democracy has to offer as a value.
This article explores the constitutional and legal framework guiding byelections in Punjab and Gujarat, focusing on Article 324 and the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which ensure democratic representation through timely and fair electoral processes.
The actions taken by the Assembly Speaker and other authorities, as well as the actions that they do not take, will be closely followed as the time for Meena’s surrender gets closer. All of these actions will be thoroughly monitored. The democratic institutions of India will be evaluated based on the results of these elections when they are held. This evaluation will take into account the strength of these institutions as well as their capacity to act independently of partisan interests.
