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Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.Electoral authorities hold no monopoly over voter awareness campaigns: Supreme Court
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the State Election Commission cannot monopolise voter awareness campaigns and should welcome such initiatives by citizens, while directing the Rajasthan SEC to reconsider within three days an application by activists seeking permission for…
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They challenged denial of the nod by the SEC to undertake voters' awareness campaigns during the local bodies polls in the state by imposing prohibitory orders under section 163 of the BNSS (the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) in poll-bound areas.
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You can regulate in case they are involved in corrupt practices but you cannot monopolise the voter awareness exercise, Justice Bagchi observed