SC Restores Election Petition Against YSRCP MLA Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy [Read Judgment]
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SC Restores Election Petition Against YSRCP MLA Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy [Read Judgment]

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The Supreme Court has restored the election petition challenging the election of Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party MLA Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy, which was dismissed in limine by the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.The high court had allowed two applications filed by the MLA seeking to strike out paragraphs 2 & 9 to 11 of the. The Supreme Court has restored the election petition challenging the election of Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party MLA Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy, which was dismissed in limine by the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The high court had allowed two applications filed by the MLA seeking to strike out paragraphs 2 & 9 to 11 of the election petition and to dismiss the election petition in limine. On this finding, the application preferred by respondent no.1 for rejection of election petition in limine under Order VII Rule 11, cannot be countenanced and must also fail.” The court also observed that paragraphs of the petition which the high court had struck out, plainly disclose the facts, which are material facts for adjudicating the grounds for declaring the election as being void, because of improper acceptance of his nomination form by the returning officer.

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New Indian Express  

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The Hindu  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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In a petition filed by Telangana MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy pertaining to the defection of 3 MLAs from his party to the ruling Congress party, the Supreme Court recently asked the State Legislative Assembly as to what would be a "reasonable period" for deciding the disqualification pleas filed against the defecting MLAs.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih …

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India Today  

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India Today  

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India Today  

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New Indian Express  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

SC refuses to entertain Congress' plea against non-disqualification of its 8 MLAs by speaker

Deccan Chronicle  

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BJP MP Narayan Rane seeks dismissal of Sena (UBT) leader’s election petition
3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Telangana High Court Grants Protection From Arrest To BRS MLA In Alleged Phone Tapping Case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana High Court Grants Protection From Arrest To BRS MLA In Alleged Phone Tapping Case

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The Telangana High Court has directed Police officials not to arrest BRS MLA T. Harish Rao accused of allegedly tapping the phones of Politician and social worker Gadhagoni Chakradhar Goud. However, investigation may go on and the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigating officer by furnishing information and documents, as sought by him.” Background: The case originated when the defacto …

‘Raining FIRS’: Supreme Court grants arrest shield to YSR Cong’s Sajjala B Reddy
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3 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Raining FIRS’: Supreme Court grants arrest shield to YSR Cong’s Sajjala B Reddy

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday shielded YSR Congress Party’s social media head Sajjala Bhargava Reddy from arrest for two weeks to enable him to approach the high court for bail, observing the interim protection was akin to allowing the petitioner to get first aid while the state government was “raining FIRs” on him. Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

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4 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC stays order on petitions seeking MLA disqualifications

Hindustan Times  

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4 months, 1 week ago

Bombay High Court reserves order on election petition against Shiv Sena MP

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved its order on an election petition filed by Shahaji N Thorat, a taxi driver who contested the recent parliamentary elections and lost the Mumbai Northeast seat to Shiv Sena candidate Sanjay Dina Patil. Thorat initially filed the petition against the Election Commission and Patil, later seeking to amend it to include all candidates …

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4 months, 1 week ago

‘Very strange’, says SC on unopposed election of 3k panchayat candidates in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday termed as “very strange” the fact that 3,000 out of 13,000 panchayat office-bearers were elected unopposed in recently held polls in Punjab and permitted aggrieved candidates to file election petitions. The top court also expressed surprise that hundreds of petitions were dismissed by the high court without affording proper hearing to the affected parties. A …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

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India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice on a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Pathak, in which he sought quashing of an election petition that challenged his victory in the 2022 Delhi Assembly bypoll. Providing relief to the AAP MLA from Delhi's Rajinder Nagar, the court also, in the interim, stayed further proceedings in the election …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Supreme Court recently stayed further proceedings in an election petition filed by Congress' Mohammed Azharuddin challenging the election of BRS leader Maganti Gopinath from Jubilee Hills constituency in 2023 Telangana Assembly elections.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order, while issuing notice on Gopinath's plea challenging. The Supreme Court recently stayed further proceedings in an …

[Maharashtra Elections] Court Can Interfere In Electoral Process Only To Progress And Further It: HC Denies Relief To Candidate Over Rejected Nomination
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[Maharashtra Elections] Court Can Interfere In Electoral Process Only To Progress And Further It: HC Denies Relief To Candidate Over Rejected Nomination

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The Bombay High Court last week held that the High Courts do have 'jurisdiction' and 'power' to interfere in the electoral process but the same must be exercised only to further the process or progress of the elections.A division bench of Justices Arif Doctor and Somasekhar Sundaresan, which was presiding over a vacation court on November 6, refused to grant …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a nomination for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, reaffirming the judiciary's limited scope for intervention in ongoing electoral processes. The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a nomination for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections The petitioner, Aashish Kishor Gadkari, had …

Election Tribunal's Discretion Under Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules To Appoint Commissioner For Recording Evidence Is Enabling: High Court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court ruled that Rule 85 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, did not prohibit the Election Tribunal from appointing a Court Commissioner for examining a witness because the discretion provided in proviso to the Rule made the provision enabling and not prohibitory. A single judge bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur in its order …

Election Petition Should Not Be Rejected At Threshold Where There Is “Substantial Compliance” Of RP Act Provisions: Supreme Court
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Petition Should Not Be Rejected At Threshold Where There Is “Substantial Compliance” Of RP Act Provisions: Supreme Court

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In a setback to Manipur BJP MLA Kimneo Haokip Hanghing, the Supreme Court yesterday refused to allow her petition seeking rejection of the Election Petition under Order 7 Rule 11 Civil Procedure Code pending against her before the Manipur High Court. Reference was made to the decision of Thangjam Arunkumar vs Yumkham Erabot Singh, 2023 LiveLaw 705 where the Court …

Telangana High Court Directs Speaker To Decide In Four Weeks Disqualification Pleas Against BRS MLAs Who Defected To Congress
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana High Court Directs Speaker To Decide In Four Weeks Disqualification Pleas Against BRS MLAs Who Defected To Congress

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court today directed the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly to fix a schedule of hearing within four weeks to decide upon the disqualification pleas preferred by the BRS and BJP MLAs against the defection of three BRS MLAs to the Congress Party.The bench comprising Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy stated that since there's no information as to …

Bombay High Court directs Shinde faction MP Ravindra Waikar to respond to plea challenging his Lok Sabha win
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Bombay High Court directs Shinde faction MP Ravindra Waikar to respond to plea challenging his Lok Sabha win

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Monday sought a response from Eknath Shinde faction Shiv Sena Member of Parliament, Ravindra Waikar directing him to submit an affidavit responding to a petition filed by Shiv Sena faction’s Amol Kirtikar. Mr. Kirtikar has challenged Mr. Waikar’s election as an MP from the Mumbai North West constituency in the recently held Lok Sabha polls …

HC dismisses Maneka’s election petition on ground of delay
7 months, 2 weeks ago

HC dismisses Maneka’s election petition on ground of delay

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by former BJP MP from Sultanpur Maneka Gandhi challenging the election of Samajwadi Party MP Rambhual Nishad on the ground of delay in filing. In the petition filed on July 27, Gandhi pointed out that out of 12 criminal cases, Nishad only mentioned eight in …

Supreme Court Says Telangana Governor's MLC Nominations Will Be Subject To Outcome Of BRS Leaders' Petition
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Says Telangana Governor's MLC Nominations Will Be Subject To Outcome Of BRS Leaders' Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders Dasoju Sravan Kumar and Kurra Satyanarayana seeking to prevent the Telangana Governor from nominating members of the State Legislative Council.While the Court declined to pass an order of status quo on the nomination of Member of Legislative Council, it clarified that. The Supreme Court …

Telangana HC questions delay in speaker's decision on BRS MLAs' disqualification
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana HC questions delay in speaker's decision on BRS MLAs' disqualification

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court raised concerns over the prolonged delay in the Assembly Speaker addressing disqualification petitions against BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress. During the adjudication of a batch of writ petitions filed seeking direction to the Speaker to take action, Justice Vijaysen questioned Advocate General A Sudershan Reddy about the timeframe …

Maneka’s plea against Sultanpur MP’s election: Allahabad HC reserves order on maintainability
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Maneka’s plea against Sultanpur MP’s election: Allahabad HC reserves order on maintainability

Hindustan Times  

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday reserved its order on the maintainability of the petition filed by former BJP MP from Sultanpur Maneka Gandhi challenging the election of Samajwadi Party MP Rambhual Nishad. Nishad’s election was challenged on the grounds of not disclosing all the pending criminal cases against him at the time of filing his …

Telangana: Hearings on petitions against defected MLAs adjourned
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana: Hearings on petitions against defected MLAs adjourned

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday held a marathon hearing in the petitions seeking directions to the Speaker to disqualify BRS MLAs Danam Nagender, Kadiam Srihari and Tellam Venkat Rao for defecting to the Congress. After the completion of arguments from the side of the defected MLAs, Supreme Court advocate Aryama Sundaram submitted arguments on behalf of the petitioners, …

Bombay HC issues summons to newly elected Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar on election plea filed by Amol Kirtikar
8 months ago

Bombay HC issues summons to newly elected Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar on election plea filed by Amol Kirtikar

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on July 29 issued summons to newly elected Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar on an election petition filed by Shiv Sena candidate Amol Kirtikar challenging Mr. Waikar’s election from the Mumbai North-West constituency in the Lok Sabha 2024 election. Advocate Amit Karande, representing Mr. Kirtikar, stated in the petition, “The high-handed hastiness and palpable arbitrariness on …

Peddireddi’s MLA post at risk, claims BCYP president after filing petition at A.P. High Court
8 months ago

Peddireddi’s MLA post at risk, claims BCYP president after filing petition at A.P. High Court

The Hindu  

Bharata Chaitanya Yuvajana Party president, Bode Ramachandra Yadav, claimed that the MLA position of former minister and key YSR Congress Party leader, Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy, is precarious. In a press note on Wednesday, Mr. Yadav said that a petition filed by him in the Andhra Pradesh High Court contained “strong evidence of undisclosed assets in Mr. Peddireddi’s election affidavit.” The …

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