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Months before the general election the Supreme Court on 23rd October, 2018 referred the question of selection process of Chief Election Commissioner to the five judge Constitution Bench. Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S.K. Kaul passed this order on a PIL filed by Mr Anoop Baranwal seeking "independent mechanism for appointment of ECs". Let us analyse what is the case and what PIL suggests: Election Commission: The Election Commission of India is a Constitutional body for conducting free and independent poll process in India. The body was formed in January 1950 before the first general elections took place. Article 324 of the Constitution depicts the powers, roles and responsibilities of the Election Commission. As per the Article 324(1) of the Constitution, Election commission is responsible for the elections to the Parliament (upper house and lower house), state legislative assemblies and state legislative council, office of President an...

3 Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka are going to poll on 3rd of November and the counting will take place on November 6. These constituencies are Mandya, Shimoga and Bellary. All 3 constituencies fell vacant because the sitting MPs contested Karnataka assembly elections and won the election. Mandya seat had JD(S) MP C.S. Puttaraju while Shimoga and Bellary had BJP MPs B.S. Yeddyurappa and B. Sreeramulu respectively. Congress and JD(S) are going to contest this by election in alliance. Congress is contesting from Bellary while JD(S) has fielded its candidates from Mandya and Shimoga seats. 2014 General Election Results:   1. Ballary Seat: Source: eci.nic.ic 2. Shimoga Seat: Source: eci.nic.ic   3. Mandya Seat: Source: eci.nic.ic What 2018 election results say: 1. Bellary Constituency: Bellary lok sabha seat comprises 8 assembly segments. Below table shows the 2018 assembly results of these 8 assembly segments. Source: eciresults.nic.ic 2...

#MeToo: The senior journalist turned minister M.J Akbar on Sunday released his statement in response to the allegations of sexual misconduct. He said “ Whatever be the case, now that I have returned, my lawyers will look into these wild and baseless allegations in order to decide our future course of legal action. ”He also said “ These false, baseless and wild allegations have caused irreparable damage to my reputation and goodwill ”. However there was no suggestion in his statement that whether he would resign from the Union council of ministers. Sikkim: 'India's 100% organic farming state' Sikkim will get "Oscar for best policies", beating 51 nominated policies from 25 countries, World Future Council announced on Friday. The award will be presented during the World Food Week at headquarter of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) on Monday. Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Chamling, ruling Sikkim Democratic Front MP Prem Das Rai are in Rome to attend the ce...