Bombay High Court Rejects Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's Plea Against Election Petition Filed Against His Election To Lok Sabha
3 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court Rejects Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's Plea Against Election Petition Filed Against His Election To Lok Sabha

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The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench dismissed an application filed by Union Minister Nitin Gadkar challenging an election petition filed against him by one, Mohd. A single judge bench of Justice A.S. Chandurkar allowed the election petition to continue after observing that two points in its prayer with. A single judge bench of Justice A.S. Chandurkar allowed the election petition to continue after observing that two points in its prayer with regards to the land solely owned by Mr. Gadkari and declaration of agriculture as his source of income "disclosed material facts and necessary cause of action" to challenge his election in the general elections to the Lok Sabha from Constituency No.10-Nagpur. Nafis Khan, a resident of Nagpur Constituency contended in his election petition that Nitin Gadkari in his election affidavit disclosed that he did not own any land in his personal capacity.

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Bombay High Court Upholds Election Of Shiv Sena Shinde Faction's Ravindra Waikar To Lok Sabha From Mumbai
3 days, 19 hours ago

Bombay High Court Upholds Election Of Shiv Sena Shinde Faction's Ravindra Waikar To Lok Sabha From Mumbai

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The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the election petition filed by Amol Kirtikar, a candidate from Uddhav Thackeray faction, who had challenged the election of Ravindra Waikar, a leader from Eknath Shinde faction, to the 18th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North-West constituency.Single-judge Justice Sandeep Marne held that Kirtikar failed to establish how the alleged acts on part of the. …

Bombay HC dismisses Sena (UBT) leader Kirtikar’s petition against Ravindra Waikar’s Lok Sabha poll victory
4 days, 15 hours ago

Bombay HC dismisses Sena (UBT) leader Kirtikar’s petition against Ravindra Waikar’s Lok Sabha poll victory

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Shiv Sena leader Amol Kirtikar challenging the victory of Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The election petition filed by Mr. Kirtikar has raised questions on the vote-counting process during the Lok Sabha election. He demanded the High Court to invalidate Mr. Waikar’s election …

Bombay High Court dismisses plea against Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar's victory in Lok Sabha elections
5 days, 5 hours ago

Bombay High Court dismisses plea against Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar's victory in Lok Sabha elections

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court today dismissed a petition filed by Shiv Sena candidate Amol Kirtikar challenging the win of rival Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Kirtikar, belonging to the Shiv Sena headed by Uddhav Thackeray, in his plea, claimed that on the counting da,y he filed an application seeking a recount of the votes …

Court dismisses Uddhav Sena leader's plea against Mahayuti MP's Lok Sabha win
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5 days, 5 hours ago

Court dismisses Uddhav Sena leader's plea against Mahayuti MP's Lok Sabha win

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Shiv Sena leader Amol Kirtikar challenging the victory of rival Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar in the Lok Sabha elections. Kirtikar had lost to Waikar of Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena in the Mumbai North-West constituency by a narrow margin of 48 votes in the parliamentary elections held earlier this …

Congress MLA Chanda Singh Gaur Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Refusal To Dismiss Election Petition Filed By BJP MP Rahul Singh Lodhi
1 week ago

Congress MLA Chanda Singh Gaur Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Refusal To Dismiss Election Petition Filed By BJP MP Rahul Singh Lodhi

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Congress MLA Chanda Singh Gaur has approached the Supreme Court challenging Madhya Pradesh High Court's rejection of her plea under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC to dismiss an election petition filed by BJP MP Rahul Singh Lodhi.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, before whom the case was listed today, has posted it to January, 2025. Congress MLA …

Supreme Court stays proceedings on election petition against AAP's Durgesh Pathak
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court stays proceedings on election petition against AAP's Durgesh Pathak

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 …

Bombay HC upholds election nomination rules, rejects plea for ballot reinstatement
1 month, 1 week ago

Bombay HC upholds election nomination rules, rejects plea for ballot reinstatement

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 …

Bombay High Court directs Shinde faction MP Ravindra Waikar to respond to plea challenging his Lok Sabha win
3 months, 3 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
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Maneka’s plea against Sultanpur MP’s election: Allahabad HC reserves order on maintainability
4 months, 2 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 …

Bombay HC issues summons to newly elected Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar on election plea filed by Amol Kirtikar
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Delhi High Court Refuses To Reject Plea Challenging Election Of AAP's Durgesh Pathak In Assembly Bypolls 2022
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Refuses To Reject Plea Challenging Election Of AAP's Durgesh Pathak In Assembly Bypolls 2022

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The Delhi High Court has refused to reject a plea challenging the election of Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Kumar Pathak in the Assembly by-elections of 2022.Pathak was declared as a winner from Rajinder Nagar constituency by defeating his nearest rival by a margin of 11,468 votes.Justice Yashwant Varma rejected Pathak's application for rejection of the election petition filed by …

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of BJP Leaders Raosaheb Danve, Pritam Munde In 2019 Lok Sabha Polls
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of BJP Leaders Raosaheb Danve, Pritam Munde In 2019 Lok Sabha Polls

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The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently rejected the election petitions challenging the elections of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Raosaheb Danve and Pritam Munde in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Single-judge Justice Sanjay Mehare noted that the prime contention in the two election petitions against Danve and Munde was that the two leaders in connivance with the respective …

Lok Sabha Elections : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Rejection Of Independent Candidate's Nomination
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Rejection Of Independent Candidate's Nomination

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The Supreme Court refused to entertain the petition filed by Abhishek Dangi challenging his rejection of nomination from Jehanabad Constituency as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Aravind Kumar was hearing a Special Leave Petition challenging the Patna High Court's order that had dismissed the Writ petition filed by him. …

BJP leader Nitin Gadkari faints during Maharashtra rally, continues campaign after recovery
7 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP leader Nitin Gadkari faints during Maharashtra rally, continues campaign after recovery

Firstpost  

Unsettling footage from the event, which was broadcast live on X and by his own account as well, showed Nitin Gadkari being taken away by those there. Many of them hurried to surround the BJP leader to provide him and those tending to him with some privacy When the BJP postponed announcing Gadkari as its Nagpur Lok Sabha candidate earlier …

Nitin Gadkari faints on stage during election campaign in Maharashtra's Yavatmal | VIDEO
8 months ago

Nitin Gadkari faints on stage during election campaign in Maharashtra's Yavatmal | VIDEO

India TV News  

Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Gadkari fainted on stage on Wednesday during an election campaign in Maharashtra's Yavatmal city. Mamata Banerjee's reaction Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee prayed for Gadkari's health and also questioned the timing of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Gadkari seeks third term from Nagpur Gadkari, the ruling BJP's candidate from …

Lok Sabha polls: Nitin Gadkari files nomination from Nagpur
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Nitin Gadkari files nomination from Nagpur

Hindustan Times  

Union minister for transport and national highway, Nitin Gadkari, on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from Maharashtra’s Nagpur constituency as today was the last day for filing of papers ahead of the Lok Sabha polls beginning April 19. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, NCP leader Praful Patel, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Banwankule, and leaders from …

TS HC Dismisses Petition Alleging Suppression of FIR Information by Srinivas Goud
1 year ago

TS HC Dismisses Petition Alleging Suppression of FIR Information by Srinivas Goud

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A division bench of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by Chaluvagali Raghavendra Raju, complainant before the returning officer of Mahbubnagar, claiming that minister V. Srinivas Goud had suppressed information pertaining to an FIR registered against him in his election affidavid. A case was registered …

Breaking: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi In 2019 General Polls
1 year, 3 months ago

Breaking: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi In 2019 General Polls

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the election of Meenakshi Lekhi, current Union Minister of State for External Affairs, from the New Delhi Parliamentary Constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Justice Sanjeev Narula rejected the plea moved by Ramesh who contested as an independent candidate from the constituency and raised allegations of discrepancies in. Justice …

Telangana High Court Disqualifies BRS MLA Vanama Rao
1 year, 4 months ago

Telangana High Court Disqualifies BRS MLA Vanama Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a day of legal trouble for elected representatives from the Bharata Rashtra Samiti, the Telangana High Court struck down the election of Kothagudem MLA Vanama Venkateswara Rao and declared his defeated rival, Jalagam Venkat Rao, elected. In another case, the Supreme Court allowed the Telangana High Court to hear a petition filed challenging the election of Zaheerabad MP …

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'
1 year, 5 months ago

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'

Live Law  

A Calcutta High Court division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta, on Monday, took exception to the fact that a Public Interest Litigation filed by “independent voters” may have been politically motivated. The voters had complained that the unopposed elections of ruling-party candidates from their block, while stopping the nomination of rival “prospective candidates” took away …

Big Relief To Kanimozhi; SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of DMK MP In 2019 LS Polls
1 year, 7 months ago

Big Relief To Kanimozhi; SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of DMK MP In 2019 LS Polls

News 18  

In a big relief to Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam MP Kanimozhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the election petition which has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging her election in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela Trivedi allowed the DMK leaders’ appeal challenging the Madras High Court’s refusal to dismiss election …

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rahul Gandhi's Election From Wayanad In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections
2 years ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rahul Gandhi's Election From Wayanad In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the election of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Dipankar Dutta dismissed the petition filed by Saritha Nair, an accused in the high profile solar scam case, whose nomination to contest from Wayanad seat was rejected. The Supreme …

Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act | Election Petition May Be Presented By Advocate In Immediate Presence of Party: High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act | Election Petition May Be Presented By Advocate In Immediate Presence of Party: High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that under Section 15 of the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993, an Election Petition can be presented before the designated court even by the advocate of the party, in the immediate presence of that party. A single judge bench of Justice HT Narendra Prasad sitting at Kalaburagi said, "It is clear that under Section …

Vague Pleadings, Can Be "Copied-Pasted" In Almost Every Election Petition: High Court Rejects Challenge To Election of Indore MP Shankar Lalwani
2 years, 2 months ago

Vague Pleadings, Can Be "Copied-Pasted" In Almost Every Election Petition: High Court Rejects Challenge To Election of Indore MP Shankar Lalwani

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently allowed an application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, thereby rejecting an election petition for not raising specific allegations or demonstrating a genuine cause of action. Shankar Lalwani, Lok Sabha member from Indore Constituency had moved an application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC seeking rejection of the election petition filed by …

SC dismisses Koppula’s plea to quash poll plaint
2 years, 4 months ago

SC dismisses Koppula’s plea to quash poll plaint

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a special leave petition filed by minister Koppula Eshwar, the TRS Dharmapuri MLA, in the matter of recounting of votes in the 2018 Assembly election. In his petition, Eshwar had requested the court to set aside the orders issued by the Telangana High Court in an election petition filed against him. Congress …

Madras High Court Dismisses Defamation Complaint Against President & Secretary Of All India Yadav Maha Sabha
2 years, 6 months ago

Madras High Court Dismisses Defamation Complaint Against President & Secretary Of All India Yadav Maha Sabha

Live Law  

The Madras High Court bench of Justice M Nirmal Kumar recently dismissed a revision petition against the order passed by Metropolitan Magistrate Court Egmore dismissing a defamation complaint against the President and Secretary-General of the All India Yadav Maha Sabha. The petitioner also contended that the publication would not come within the scope of ninth exception to Section 499 of …

Pleas to disqualify 12 Goa MLAs who joined BJP rejected by Bombay High Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Pleas to disqualify 12 Goa MLAs who joined BJP rejected by Bombay High Court

Hindustan Times  

The petitions by the Congress and the MGP that sought the disqualification of 12 Goa MLAs who had defected to the BJP in 2019 was rejected by the Bombay High Court on Thursday. Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar's last year's decision to dismiss two petitions seeking disqualification "cannot be said to be militating against the object of introduction of the Tenth …

'Position Of Office Bearers Highly Disputed': Delhi High Court Denies Permission To Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha To Contest Assembly Elections
3 years, 3 months ago

'Position Of Office Bearers Highly Disputed': Delhi High Court Denies Permission To Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha To Contest Assembly Elections

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Swami Chakrapani, claiming to be the President of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, and seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to permit the party's office bearers to contest Assembly elections in several states.Noting that the factum of Chakrapani occupying the said position is highly disputed, a Division Bench …

Maharashtra govt. says pleas by Bhima Koregaon accused are ‘fallacious’
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra govt. says pleas by Bhima Koregaon accused are ‘fallacious’

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that the plea challenging the order of extending the period of filing a chargesheet in the Bhima Koregaon violence case by the Sessions Court is “fallacious”. He said the petitioners’ contention is that the special NIA court comes into the picture after the UAPA is added. He also said the …

Tej Bahadur Yadav Neither An Elector Nor A Candidate In Varanasi; No Locus To Challenge PM's Election: Supreme Court
4 years ago

Tej Bahadur Yadav Neither An Elector Nor A Candidate In Varanasi; No Locus To Challenge PM's Election: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Ex- BSF Jawan, Tej Bahadur Yadav, challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The judgement was rendered in a Special Leave Petition challenging the Allahabad High Court's dismissal of Bahadur's election petition in December 2019 on the ground of lack …

SC dismisses plea challenging PM Modi’s election from Varanasi constituency
4 years ago

SC dismisses plea challenging PM Modi’s election from Varanasi constituency

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by former Border Security Force constable Tej Bahadur, challenging election of PM Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency in 2019 Lok Sabha election. Bahadur's advocate argued that he was not given sufficient time by the Election Commission to clarify his grounds of dismissal as is mandatory as per the EC rules. As …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's Election to Rajya Sabha
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's Election to Rajya Sabha

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices on a batch of petitions challenging the election of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. The Gujarat High Court, on February 4, had dismissed the plea of Congress leader Gaurav Pandya against Jaishankar's election to the Rajya Sabha. The Congress leaders had moved the high court, challenging the election …

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