EC gets limited power to amend constituency names
January 25, 2013 17:53
The Election Commission is all set to get limited powers to determine change in nomenclature of a parliamentary or assembly seat where a caste has been included or excluded from the SC/ST list in the last one decade.
The power to be vested with the Election Commission in the form of an ordinance will allow it to carry out a "limited corrective exercise" with immediate effect.
The ordinance -- to be issued shortly -- will empower EC to make changes in SC and ST constituencies where some castes have been either excluded or included between the 2001 census and May 2012.