Madras High Court dismissed a petition filed by DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
The case concerned alleged irregularities in the post-election verification of EVM and VVPAT sets in Kolathur.
The bench held the petition was not maintainable, with detailed reasoning awaited.
Stalin had sought a full count of VVPAT slips and nullification of TVK MLA VS Babu’s victory in Kolathur.
The Election Commission argued that election challenges should proceed through the statutory election petition route.
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All of the reporting agrees that the petition was dismissed and that the dispute centered on alleged irregularities in EVM and VVPAT verification in Kolathur. The accounts also agree that the Election Commission objected to the writ route and that more detailed reasoning is still awaited.
What remains open is the detailed reasoning behind the dismissal, which has not yet been provided in the supplied analyses. The reporting also leaves unresolved how the underlying election challenge, if pursued, would be handled next.
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The neutral coverage presents a procedural dispute over maintainability rather than a resolved finding on the alleged irregularities. It reports that Stalin challenged the EVM and VVPAT verification process in Kolathur, while the Election Commission said the proper route was an election petition. The bench dismissed the writ petition and a detailed order was awaited. One account also says Stalin sought a full VVPAT count and nullification of VS Babu’s victory.
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The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin challenging the election results and EVM verification process in the Kolathur Assembly constituency. A Bench comprising Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan held the petition not maintainable, with detailed reasoning awaited. Stalin had alleged various discrepancies during the post-election verification of EVM and VVPAT sets, while the ECI argued that election challenges must proceed via an election petition.
The Madras High Court dismissed a petition filed by DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin concerning alleged irregularities during the post-election verification of Electronic Voting Machines in the Kolathur Assembly constituency. The bench held that the petition was not maintainable, awaiting a detailed copy of the order. The ECI objected to the maintainability of the writ petition under Article 329b of the Constitution, while Stalin's counsel argued that the verification process occurred after the limitation period for filing an ordinary election petition had expired.
The Madras High Court dismissed a plea filed by DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin challenging the victory of TVK candidate VS Babu in the Kolathur constituency. The court ruled that Stalin's petition was not maintainable, leaving Babu's election victory intact. Stalin had alleged irregularities during the post-election verification of electronic voting machines and VVPAT units, whereas the ECI opposed the petition by stating that election challenges must follow the statutory election petition process.
The Madras High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by DMK president and former Chief Minister MK Stalin seeking a full counting of VVPAT slips and the nullification of TVK MLA VS Babu's victory in the Kolathur Assembly constituency. Stalin alleged voting process irregularities and discrepancies found during the verification of 14 machines. VS Babu secured the seat by a margin of 8,795 votes, marking a significant defeat for Stalin in his former stronghold.