Tag: Haryana
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Should there be minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections in India?
By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. In a recent case, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India stayed the New Haryana Panchayat Law i.e. Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, which prescribed the minimum educational and other qualifications for the candidates contesting local body elections in Haryana which were scheduled to be held on 4th October, 2015.…
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Progression at the Cost of Alienation?
By Gautam Adusumalli, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. On the 7th of September, the Haryana State Assembly passed the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015. By virtue of this, Haryana became only the second state in the country, after Rajasthan, to fix educational and certain other qualifications as eligibility criteria for the candidates to contest elections…