Duty of Election Commission
Duty of Election Commission legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
Citizen, who was also an elector or voter, had a right to have access to the information in all manners with reference to credentials, antecedents etc. of a candidate for whom he was going to vote for electing him as his representative, therefore, in terms of Art. 19-A of the Constitution, it was the Fundamental Right of a citizen to have access to information about the candidate for whom elector/voter might cast his vote
Supreme Court directed that besides making available the nomination papers (of a candidate) on the web-site, the Election Commission should adopt a simple procedure, enabling the electors/voters who intended to raise objections, to obtain a copy of the nomination paper by making a request subject to payment of prescribed fee.
Under Art. 219 of the Constitution, the Election Commission was charged with the duty of preparing electoral rolls and revising the same annually so as to enable all the eligible voters to exercise their right of franchise.
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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Duty of Election Commission"
2016 M L D 1617
ANWER ALI and another — Petitioner Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan, Islamabad and 9 others — Respondents
Court: Sindh (Sukkur Bench)2013 S C M R 862
Mian NAJEEB-UD-DIN OWAISI and another — Appellants Versus AMIR YAR WARAN and others — Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of PakistanP L D 1977 Lahore 1437
GHULAM MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA KHAR‑Petitioner Versus ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF PAKISTAN AND 2 OTHERS‑Respondents
Court: (a) Homes of Parliament and Provincial Assemblies (Elections) Order, 1977 President's (Post Proclamation) Order 5 of 1977‑2018 Y L R 104
Mrs. SUMAIRA MALIK and another — Petitioners Versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Islamabad and others — Respondents
Court: Islamabad1986 C L C 1284
Court: Chief Election Commissioner
P L D 2013 Supreme Court 482
Mian NAJEEB-UD-DIN OWASI and another — Appellants Versus AMIR YAR WARAN and others — Respondents
Court: High CourtPLD 2015 Sindh 408
Syed QAIM ALI SHAH through Attorney — Petitioner Versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary and 3 others — Respondents
Court: High CourtP L D 2016 Peshawar 175
JAVED AKBAR KHAN — Petitioner Versus THE STATE and another — Respondents
Court: High CourtP L D 1989 Karachi 123
PREM KEVALRAM SHAHANI‑‑Petitioner Versus GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN through Secretary to Government, Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Islamabad and another‑‑Respondents
Court:P L D 2013 Sindh 300
ABDUL HAMEED PANHWAR and 2 others — Petitioners Versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN and 4 others — Respondents
Court: High Court