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Delimitation panel for J&K, northeastern States set up
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- Law Ministry issued an order to set up a Delimitation Commission for the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland.
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- About the Delimitation Commission
(1) Head of the Commission: Former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai
(2) Ex-officio Member of Commission: Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra
(3) Other Members: Election Commissioners of the concerned States and UTs will also be members.
(4) Purpose of the Commission: The exercise to readjust the division of each State and the UTs into territorial constituencies for the purpose of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the State Legislative Assemblies on the basis of the 2001 Census figures was last completed on November 26, 2008.
(5) However, this exercise was postponed in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland on apprehension of threat to peace and public order.
(6) The Delimitation Commission in India is a powerful body, whose orders have the force of law and cannot be called in question before any court.
Sources
The Hindu