S.K. Mendiratta
Legal Adviser, Election Commission of India
Focus: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Topics: Securing Elections, Voter Registration, Election Security, Dispute Resolution
Keywords: codes of conduct, dispute resolution, election management body, election security, election violence, enfranchising marginalized groups, monitoring, voter registration
Interviewer(s): Michael Scharff
Country of Reform: India
Location: New Delhi, India
Date: Mon Nov 15 2010
Abstract
Full Profile
At the time of the interview, S.K. Mendiratta was the legal advisor to the Election Commission of India. He began his career nearly 46 years earlier as an assistant in the Election Commission. Beginning in 1979, Mendiratta was responsible for all legal affairs of the commission, including electoral reform legislation and litigation work of the commission before the Supreme Court and High Courts in India. Although he had been retired for 13 years at the time of the interview, Mendiratta continued much of his work in an advisory position.
