Election of President of India

The election to the office of President of India and Vice-President of India is going to be held in coming days. Many of you would perhaps be wondering as to what is the procedure for electing the President and the Vice-president of India. 

You should know that the substantive provisions for election to these two offices are laid down in the Constitution of India. The election is held under Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 and the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election Rules, 1974. The public, which otherwise cast vote to elect the Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly of any State, do not cast vote in this election. Only the Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly of all States cast vote in this election.  ............

Supreme Court of India takes a path breaking step by ordering installation of CCTV cameras in courts on experiment basis

A Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice UU Lalit on 28th March 2017 passed a path-breaking Order in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 99/2015 titled as "Pradyuman Bisht vs Union of India and others".  In this order, the Supreme Court directed the Government to install CCTV cameras in at least in two districts in every State/Union Territory inside the courts and at such important locations of the court complexes as may be considered appropriate. The Court directed that installation of these CCTV cameras be completed within three months and the report of such experiment be submitted within one month of such installation by the Registrar Generals of the respective High Courts to the Secretary General of Supreme Court who will have it tabulated and placed before the Court. THe matter was adjourned to 9th August, 2017 for further consideration.    .............