Election Law

The Supreme Court revived Congress leader Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury's election petition against BJP MP Kripanath Mallah, ruling that notary and attestation defects cannot trigger threshold dismissal under Section 86 of the RP Act.

Kerala MLA and former minister Antony Raju has been disqualified from the Assembly after a trial court convicted him in a decades old case of evidence tampering. The conviction and three year sentence triggered automatic disqualification under the Representation of the People Act, instantly vacating the Thiruvananthapuram seat and once again highlighting the strict link between criminal convictions and electoral eligibility in India.

Summary Case: Laxman Siddappa Naik v. Kattimani Chaniappa Jamappanna & Ors. Citation: 1968 AIR 929; 1968 SCR (2) 805 Date of Judgment: 19 January 1968 Bench: Hon'ble Justice M. Hidayatullah; Hon'ble Justice S.M. Sikri; Hon'ble Justice K.S. Hegde Advocates: S. S. Javali and M. Veerappa for the appellant; R. Gopalakrishnan for respondent no.1 Statutory Provisions / Instruments: Representation of the People Act, 1951 (s.116-A); Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 (as amended);...

In a stern message to election authorities, the Supreme Court has struck down an attempt by the Uttarakhand State Election Commission...

Supreme Court denies interim bail for election campaigning, reinforcing the need for clean politics and fair judicial scrutiny.