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Mumbai, April 7 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed an election petition filed by Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Sadanand Sarvankar, challenging the victory of Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Mahesh Sawant from the Mahim Assembly constituency in the 2024 Maharashtra elections.Justice Arif Doctor...

Bengaluru, April 7 The Karnataka High Court has ordered a re-verification of the 279 postal ballots that were rejected in the Sringeri Assembly constituency during the 2023 election.The court has also stated that the Returning Officer (RO) will need to recount the postal ballots and announce...

Chennai, April 1 AIADMK MP I S Inbadurai submitted a petition to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday, alleging irregularities in the Chepauk-Triplicane assembly constituency, from where Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin is contesting.Inbadurai stated that 22...

Kochi, April 1 – The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dealt a significant setback to Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi, ruling that the election petition challenging his victory from the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency is maintainable and must proceed to trial.Gopi won a historic victory in...

Kochi, Apr 1 In a setback for Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed his plea challenging an election petition against him and stated that he will have to face trial in the matter.Justice Kauser Edappagath rejected Gopi's application, questioning the...

Jalna, March 31 The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Congress leader challenging the election of Shiv Sena MLA Arjun Khotkar in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, citing that the petition lacked merit.The petition, filed by Congress's Kailash Gorantyal, stated that...

Kochi, March 27 The Kerala High Court on Friday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) what happens when a candidate makes hate or communal remarks that cause harm to a community, society, and the country.The High Court's query came during the hearing of a petition alleging inaction by...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 The Congress and CPI(M) in Kerala alleged that BJP state chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar had concealed details about his high-value property in Bengaluru in the affidavit he submitted with his nomination papers for the April 9 Assembly elections.Both the ruling CPI(M)...

Gwalior, March 9 – The Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the election of Congress MLA Mukesh Malhotra from the Vijaypur Assembly constituency in Sheopur district as "null and void" on Monday, stating that there were "irregularities" and "concealment" in the electoral process.The High Court...

New Delhi, February 26 The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against an order that rejected a petition challenging the election of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia from Patparganj in the 2020 assembly polls.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Congress MLA Devendra Yadav challenging the maintainability of a petition against his election to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to interfere...

New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea filed by AIADMK leader Saidai S Duraisamy against a Madras High Court verdict dismissing his election petition against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M K Stalin, which alleged corrupt practices on the...

Bengaluru, February 16 The Karnataka High Court on Monday annulled the election of Congress MLA S N Subba Reddy from the Bagepalli assembly constituency in 2023, declaring the result invalid due to irregularities in his nomination affidavit.A bench led by Justice M G S Kamal held that Subba...