Wednesday, 14 October, 2026

Tag: Representation of the People Act 1951


High Court of Madras

July 11, 2026 : The Madras High Court has restrained the Election Commission of India (ECI) from issuing notifications for bye-elections to five vacant Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu until July 31, holding that significant constitutional and legal questions must Read more…


High Court of Delhi

July 10, 2026 : The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the criminal appeal filed by Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti, upholding his conviction and three-year prison sentence in a decades-old cooperative bank fraud case. The Court declined to interfere with Read more…


Supreme Court of India _ LawNotify

June 2, 2026 : The Supreme Court has clarified that the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RPA) are confined to elections for Parliament and State Legislatures and cannot be invoked in cases arising from municipal elections Read more…


Supreme Court of India SCI

June 12, 2026 : The Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan challenging the rejection of her nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh, holding that constitutional courts cannot interfere in election Read more…


Supreme Court of India SCI

May 13, 2026 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an interim order of the Madras High Court which had restrained Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA Sreenivasa Sethupathi from participating in the floor test in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Read more…


Supreme Court of India _ LawNotify

May 12, 2026 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to urgently hear a plea filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathi challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that restrained him from participating in Read more…


High Court of Madras

May 11, 2026 : The Madras High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on a petition filed by DMK leader and former Co-operatives Minister KR Periakaruppan, who alleged that a postal ballot was wrongly processed between two Assembly constituencies bearing Read more…


High Court of Madras

The Madras High Court on Sunday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition filed by DMK leader and former Co-operatives Minister KR Periakaruppan, alleging that a postal ballot was wrongly processed between two Assembly constituencies Read more…


Supreme Court of India _ LawNotify

April 16, 2026 : The Supreme Court of India on Thursday declined to interfere with the Election Commission of India’s decision to transfer senior bureaucrats and police officers in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, observing that such measures Read more…


News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 194 | 2026:CGHC:11825 March 12, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh in Bilaspur has set aside a disciplinary penalty imposed on a polling officer in connection with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, ruling Read more…