Officers or Polling Officers in connection with the Parliamentary election.
4. Article 324 of the Constitution of India vests in the Election Commission the power ... purpose of Article 23 of the Constitution of India cannot be given the same meaning as defined in Article 12 thereof. Article 12 defines
Election Commission issued directions from time to time under Article 324 of the Constitution of India asking the State Government not to transfer its officers ... December, 1989, to several State Govern-ments drawing their attention to Article 324 of the Constitution of India and saying that the violation
direction. Learned counsel has drawn the attention of the Court to Article 324 of the Constitution of India and has submitted that the power which ... further tried to draw sustenance for this argument from Sub-article (6) of Article 324 of the Constitution of India and submitted that the President
Officer under Article 226 of the Constitution and give an adequate remedy to the petitioner.
3. The Constitution in Part XV ( Articles 324 ... laid on the provisions of Article 71 of the
Constitution as contrasted with the provisions
of Articles 324 and 329. Under Clause (1) of Article
Conduct of Elections is in the Exclusive
Jurisdiction of the Commission
Article 324 of the Constitution vests the exclusive
superintendence, direction and control of elections ... Although earlier cases referred to the authority of
the Commission under Article 324 , the case of Mohinder
Singh Gill v. The Chief Election Commissioner
Conduct of Elections is in the Exclusive
Jurisdiction of the Commission
Article 324 of the Constitution vests the exclusive
superintendence, direction and control of elections ... Although earlier cases referred to the authority of
the Commission under Article 324 , the case of Mohinder
Singh Gill v. The Chief Election Commissioner
affidavit by issuing
necessary order in exercise of the power under Article 324 of the
Constitution from each candidate seeking election to
Parliament/State Legislature ... nomination paper having been issued by the Election
Commission under Article 324 of the Constitution has no force
of law and the election
Article 327 of the Constitution. Article 327 is, however, made expressly subject to "other provisions of the Constitution." In this connection Article 324 ... Article of the Constitution as to the manner in which the Election Commission would exercise its authority under Article 324.
9. But this does
that the
Constitution has made comprehensive provision in
Article 324 to take care of surprise situations. That
power itself has to be exercised, not mindlessly ... necessary to
specify; less is insufficient to leave unsaid. Article
324 , in our view, operates in areas left unoccupied
by legislation and the words
violation of, such provisions but where such law is
silent Article 324 is a reservoir of power to act for the avowed
purpose ... etre for the opening clause in Articles 327 and 328
which leaves the exercise of powers under Article 324
operative and effective when
