Describe the significance of election commission in organising free and fair elections in India on the basis of the following news headlines and the chapters. Headline selection from the following:
(a) EC issues notification constituting 14th Lok Sabha: HT, May 17.
(b) Photo 1-cards not mandatory in Bihar polls: HT October 14, 2005.
(c) Elections within six months rule mandatory: Centre - Hindu 18 Sep.
(d) Election Commission must be a fair umpire: Hindu 18/10.
(e) EC tightens norms for poll expenses: Deccan Herald 15 April 2004
(f) Polling staff, security forces ready: Deccan Herald 26 April, 2004.
(g) EC says no immediate plan to ban Exit Polls.
(h) EC orders repoll in 398 more booths.
(i) EC to visit Gujarat again, review poll arrangements: November 08, 2002 IE.
(j) EC will seek power to censure political ads; 2004, The Pioneer.
(k) HC asks EC to bar 'criminal' netas: 2004, The Pioneer.
(l) EC accepts new Haryana DGP. images
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India at national and state level. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, State Legislative Councils and the offices of the President and Vice President of the country.[2][3] The Election Commission operates under the authority of Constitution per Article 324,[4] and subsequently enacted Representation of the People Act.[5] The commission has the powers under the Constitution, to act in an appropriate manner when the enacted laws make insufficient provisions to deal with a given situation in the conduct of an election. Being a constitutional authority, Election Commission is amongst the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country’s higher judiciary, the Union Public Service Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.It's a permanent constitutional body.