ELECTORAL OFFENCES AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT MACHINERY

Author – Hardik Gupta, Student of NMIMS

Best Citation – Hardik Gupta, ELECTORAL OFFENCES AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT MACHINERY, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (1) of 2023, Pg. 537-549, ISSN – 2583-2344

ABSTRACT

The election is the time when the chances of offenses being committed are higher and thus to control these offenses high security is maintained in the area where the election is taking place. Some of these offenses are cognizable and some a non-cognizable. The list of offenses related to elections is big but we will see the offenses mentioned in this paper. The offenses related to elections are committed mainly with the object to infringe or affect the outcome of the result of elections. The government machinery which includes the SP, DSP, and collectors play an important role in the elections as the election commission is an independent body and thus it has to rely on these officials for elections. Also, the government of the day has a huge role to play in the elections and thus it becomes important to study the policies and schemes of government regarding elections under the classes of constitutional principles. The courts play an important role in bringing electoral reforms and fueling the vehicle of democracy to run further by the judgment related to disclosure of criminal records and financial statistics of the candidate and even striking of laws which are inconsistent with the constitution