A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi were hearing multiple petitions questioning the procedure including timelines that is being followed in the intensive revision of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala.
Kelkar said around 1,19,315 voters have been found untraceable during Kerala’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision(SIR) and that election officials are embarking on an effort to track down voters found untraceable during the enumeration phase.
"Planned disruptions are harmful to democracy; orderly conduct of legislative proceedings is paramount," Birla said at the 22nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Kohima.
The ECI has a herculean task to cover over 1.62 lakh polling booths with 15.44 crore voters in just a month time.
Party officials and leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, CPI (M), Aam Aadmi Party and Apna Dal (S) were present in the meeting.
DM & DEO Hooghly held a meeting with all electoral registration officers on last Wednesday and also held district level meetings with representatives of all recognised national and state level political parties on continuous updation and other electoral roll matters at Sarva Siksha Meeting hall.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said it has sought suggestions from all national and regional political parties by April 30 in a bid to further strengthen the electoral processes.
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear in April petitions including by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), seeking directions to bring all recognized national political parties within the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.
As Delhi gears up for its elections, the political discourse has once again been dominated by promises of handouts.
With the Opposition cornering the DMK government over the recent sexual assault of a girl student at the prestigious Anna University, Madras High Court on Thursday blamed political parties for holding protests only to garner media attention.
