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20 Nov

Retired IAS Arun Goel Appointed Election Commissioner

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Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel has been selected as an Election Commissioner ahead of the crucial assembly election in the state of Gujarat. The third post in the country's top poll body was vacant for around 6 months. An official notice from the law ministry this evening mentions, "The President is pleased to select Shri Arun Goel, Retired IAS of 1985 batch , Punjab Cadre, as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission with effect from the date he takes over his duties in the office". Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the poll panel…

Retired IAS Anup Chandra appointed Election Commissioner

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President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed retired IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey as Election Commissioner. The appointment restores the three-member commission to its full strength, which will now oversee the next set of crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand next year. Pandey, a 1984-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer, has been appointed to the post in the Election Commission with effect from the date he assumes the office. A notification in this regard was issued by Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday. Pandey will now be in the three-member panel of the Election…

Murder charges should probably be imposed on the Election Commission: Says The Madras High Court

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Criticising the ECI for not stopping political parties from violating the Covid protocols, the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said, “You (ECI) are the only institution responsible for the situation that we are in today.” The Madras High Court on Monday said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is singularly responsible for spreading Covid-19 and murder charges should probably be imposed on it for its “irresponsible” behaviour. Criticising the ECI for not stopping political parties from violating the Covid protocols, the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said, “You (ECI)…