Assam: Although the Supreme Court will assess whether the Election Commission can conduct the procedure on its own, the Assam delimitation process will continue. Delimitation used to be a collaborative process that involved courts as well, but the government had given the Commission authority in 2008. The Assam assembly and parliamentary constituency boundaries were last redrawn in 1976. In 2005, new initiatives to recreate the technique were launched.
Supreme Court Seeks Responses from Centre and Election Commission on Assam Delimitation Petition
The Election Commission met for three days earlier this month to go over the criticisms of the 2007-presented first draught. Today, the top court heard a petition from nine opposition parties and sent a notice to the Centre asking for a response to their appeal. It also requested a response from the Election Commission in response to arguments made against the Assam Lok Sabha and assembly seat delimitation process. The delimitation of seats is carried out by the Election Commission under Section 8A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. The Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra convened a bench to assess the constitutional validity of this provision.
Opposition Parties Challenge Assam Delimitation Process, Supreme Court Evaluates Petitions and Methodology Criticisms
The top court received a petition that ten leaders from Assam’s nine opposition parties — the Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad, CPI(M), CPI, TMC, NCP, RJD, and Anchalik Gana Morcha — had submitted to protest the ongoing delimitation process. The court is also considering two other pleas. The petitioners explicitly contested the poll panel’s methodology and its proposals that were made public on June 20, 2023.
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