Supreme Court on Monday, adjourned the hearing on the petition seeking caste census. A bench by Justice Nageswara Rao today said one such petition is pending in another bench as well. The Maharashtra government had already filed a petition in the Supreme Court on the subject of caste census.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition on Thursday, seeking direction to register FIR against political parties, which indulge in distribution of freebies to the voters, so as to induce them during elections.
The Delhi High Court has on Thursday sought the Election Commission of India's response in a plea filed to bring about transparency in the electoral process by instituting internal democracy within political parties.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the major political parties of the country for failing to comply with the order of disclosing criminal antecedents of candidates contesting elections in Bihar and imposed a heavy fine on them, as much as Rs five lakh.
The Delhi High Court on Monday deferred hearing a plea seeking quashing of Part VA of the Representation of People’s Act, 1951, providing for free supply of electoral rolls and certain other material to candidates belonging to recognized political parties.