Madras HC seeks EC’s response on petition seeking scrutiny of manifestos
The Hindu
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Election Commission of India (EC) to respond to a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to it to fix a deadline for political parties to submit their manifestos for time-bound scrutiny.
The petition was to direct the EC to analyse if the manifestos conform to the code of conduct and if it reflects the rationale of the promises made, besides broadly indicating the ways and means to meet the financial requirements for fulfilling the promises. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy granted time till March 15 for EC counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan to file a counter-affidavit to the petition filed by Coimbatore Common Cause, a private society, represented by its secretary K. Kathirmathiyon.
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