The Law Commission of India is holding a crucial meeting on Wednesday to finalise its report on the issue of holding simultaneous elections in the country. The commission headed by justice Rituraj Awasthi will meet to finalise the commission's recommendation and send its report to the Ministry of Law and Justice.
The Union government has formed a committee under former president Ram Nath Kovind to assess the viability of the “one nation, one election” concept.
The issue of simultaneous elections is not only a political hot potato. It involves intricate questions of legality and matters of constitutional interpretation as well. One of the arguments
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