Role of Judiciary and Election Commission in Protecting the Electoral Democracy

It is said that democracy is the people, for the people, and by the people. The quote was said by Abraham Lincoln the former president of the United States of America. The feature of Democracy is Liberty, freedom, equality, rule of law, and all kind of fundamental rights. Freedom of free speech and expression is also a very vocal feature of democracy. the citizen chooses their government by casting votes in other words voters choose their government on their own. In India, all kinds of governmental elections have been done by an independent authority Election Commission of India. In India Supreme Court is their custodian of fundamental rights. there are several cases and judgments available and every time whenever it is needed apex court tried to regulate and control it. Many cases are examples of When the Supreme Court made the way for a healthy democracy. The Election Commission of India set a good track record of transparent honest and unbiased independent organizations. Recently, we have seen the elections of five states where all parties have accepted the results of elections. Examples of a lot of cases where the supreme court saved the freedom of free speech and expression cases like Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, also in case of Keshav Nanda Bharati v. the State of Kerala, in S.R. Bommaie v. Union of India, the case of Rameshwar Chourasia v. State of Bihar the Supreme Court sets the benchmark for saving democracy. Election commission's efforts for stopping criminal elements from contesting elections.