The Latest Breaking News from ECI

Drive to voluntarily link Voter IDs with Aadhaar started on August 1 

Poll body responds to plea in SC seeking ban on political parties’ offer of freebies during election time

Steps to limit freebies or to discourage populism should come through Parliament

The Bench, headed by CJI Ramana, asked ECI to hold action on Shinde’s claim over party and symbol

Court asks parties for inputs to set up a specialised body

The lower court had on April 11 allowed applications by Edappadi K. Palaniswami, O. Panneerselvam and S. Semmalai to reject her plaint

CJI-led Bench says issue is serious; Sibal feels it must be tackled at the State level

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the Thackeray group mentioned the case for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana saying as the matters are pending before the Supreme Court, meantime they are trying to make the matter infructuous by moving Election Commission. Full story on Dynamite News:

CJI orders listing of the application along with the other Maharashtra crisis cases on August 1

ECI has issued notice to the Uddhav faction despite being told the apex court had orally sought status quo in the matter

Out of the five MLAs from the State who will vote outside, four will cast their vote in Delhi for Monday’s Presidential elections, while one will vote from Thiruvananthapuram