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SY Quraishi

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Articles by SY Quraishi

SC’s ECI order will help, but it’s not a magic wand

The SC’s decision comes in response to four writ petitions challenging the system of appointment of ECs unilaterally by the executive (ANI)

Updated on Mar 6, 2023 13:50 IST

Safeguarding the poll panel’s independence

The fact that India is regarded as a global guru in elections proves that the system has worked well. Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton even called the Indian election a gold standard (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 27, 2022 14:56 IST

The J&K delimitation report and the future of the region

On May 5, the three-member delimitation commission finalised the UT’s new electoral map, marking the first step for elections in the region since its special status was scrapped in August 2019.

Updated on May 16, 2022 15:34 IST

Laying the foundation of a strong democracy

Appointed on 21 March, 1950, Sen did not waste a day to set in motion the preparations for the mammoth exercise.

Updated on Oct 29, 2021 11:21 IST

India must scale up its war on blindness

Last year, Navjot Singh Sidhu marched with blind students to mark World Sight Day at Sector 17, Chandigarh, October 12,2017

Updated on Oct 11, 2018 07:03 IST

We must reconsider NOTA option in RS polls: SY Quraishi | Opinion

The Election Commission of India, New Delhi

Updated on Aug 10, 2017 07:42 IST

Can just electoral bonds cleanse political funding in India?

Finance minister Arun Jaitley at the Commonwealth Auditors General Conference, Delhi, March 22. When he presented the Union budget, the finance minister had strongly acknowledged that a transparent method of funding political parties is vital to the system of free and fair elections.

Updated on Apr 14, 2017 03:45 IST

Budget 2017: The move towards transparent funding is the first step towards electoral reform

A file photo of the Election Commission of India. Several recent measures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi seem to lead towards electoral reforms.

Updated on Feb 3, 2017 01:17 IST

State funding of political parties could be a pillar of electoral reforms

An enormous turnout is witnessed at a polling station in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, during the assembly elections in 2012. It is time to prescribe a ceiling for political parties’ expenditure like that for the candidates

Updated on Jan 11, 2017 07:44 IST

Demonetisation could lead to long-pending electoral reforms

A cashier counts 500 and 1000 rupee notes inside a bank in Jammu, November 10, 2016

Updated on Nov 12, 2016 01:36 IST

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