"Superficial": Court Pulls Up Poll Body Over Cases Filed During Elections

The Madras High Court in a significant development directed the Election Commission (EC) to provide detailed information on cases filed during the 2019 Lok Sabha and the 2021 Tamil Nadu elections.

Chief Electoral Officer Tripura Puneet Agarwal on Tuesday said that as many as 13 officials were placed under suspension while seizure of materials and cash worth a total value of Rs 26 crore were seized while the Model Code of Conduct was in force.

Election Commission has ordered social media platform X to take down select posts of YSR Congress, AAP, N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary for violation of model code of conduct, the micro-blogging site said today.

A government school headmaster in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh was suspended for violating the Model Code, officials said on Tuesday.

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday listed actions taken by the poll body since the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) from March 16, 2024, with the announcement of the general elections to the Lok Sabha.

A sum of Rs 7 lakh in cash was seized from a man near Noida on Tuesday under the rules of the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha elections as the total unaccounted funds seized crossed Rs 90 lakh, officials said.