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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicAnti-defection law

Topic: anti-defection law

‘Won’t recognition to Ajit Pawar faction go against anti-defection law?’ — SC on EC’s NCP ruling

Earlier this month, a CJI-led bench had made similar observation in Shiv Sena dispute. SC directs Ajit Pawar to declare that 'clock' symbol is sub judice.

Tax exemption for building girls’ schools to penalty for defectors — Sibal’s Insaf collective makes 6 demands

Former Congress leader & now independent Rajya Sabha MP, Kapil Sibal had announced the platform a week ago & on Saturday also demanded 4 constitutional courts of appeal in all regions.

SubscriberWrites: India’s anti-defection Law is being manipulated for personal gains

Speakers have often behaved in an outright partisan manner and have blatantly corrupted the judicial process that was entrusted to them with high hopes and expectations, writes Pramod Patil.

India’s anti-defection law didn’t stop power politics. It just moved from farmhouse to resort

Maharashtra turmoil shows Rajiv Gandhi's 1985 anti-defection law changed nothing, but only left India 'with the worst of both worlds'.

One lone, brave voice stood up against anti-defection law in 1985. All his predictions came true

When it comes to anti-defection law, the cure is worse than the disease.

Defections are a threat beyond election results today. Here are five ways we can fix it

With Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur election results being declared, even the slightest change can rock the boat beyond salvation.

Was the 6 BSP MLAs’ merger with Congress in Rajasthan legal? The law is not settled

Rajasthan HC dismissed BJP MLA Madan Dilawar’s plea against Speaker CP Joshi’s ‘inaction’, but now that merger has been accepted, Dilawar plans to challenge it.

Here’s what the anti-defection law challenged by Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan HC says

The anti-defection law, enshrined in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, was inserted in 1985 to prevent political defections.

India’s anti-defection law needs changes to promote party-level dissent on issues like CAA

The Anti-Defection Law has created a democracy of parties and numbers in India, rather than a democracy of debate and discussion.

Yogi govt’s ordinance and defiance on posters disregard civil liberties and privacy

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.