Election Commission Has Re-emphasized Changes In Electoral Law

Election Commission has re-emphasized changes in the electoral law. Election Commission again sought the right to cancel the registration of political parties.

The Election Commission has re-emphasized changes in the electoral law to give the right to deregister political parties that are inactive and not contesting elections.

ECI had discussed various electoral reforms with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju last week. Many proposals related to this are pending with the government.

The Election Commission has the right to register any political party, but it does not have the right to cancel the registration of any party.

The demand for obtaining the right to deregister a party has been pending with the Law Ministry for years.

The commission had earlier identified political parties that have not contested elections since 2005. He had also removed more than 200 such parties from the list.

The commission suspects that most of these parties are on paper to help convert their black money into white by accepting donations from people.

There are about 3,000 registered political parties with the Election Commission. Of these, eight are recognized as national parties, while 53 are recognized as state-level parties.

Summoned status report on the investigation from Delhi Police and ED in Unitech case, Supreme Court gave deadline till September 30

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Delhi Police to file a status report on the probe against Unitech Ltd, its former promoters, and management officials before September 30.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah directed that both the ED and Delhi Police shall file the report on a sealed cover.

During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General N.K., appearing for the new Board Management of Unitech Group.

Venkataraman told the bench that two sub-committees have been constituted.

A sub-committee will hold talks with banks and asset reconstruction companies (ARCs), which have a charge of around 8,000 out of a total of 15,000 flats, for one-time settlement of dues by mutual consent.

The second sub-committee will discuss the claims and settlement with authorities such as Noida, Greater Noida, and the Town and Country Planning Department of the Haryana government.

Venkataraman said the talks would be held with Suraksha ARC, JM Financial ARC, and Edelweiss ARC.