Bench held that since the relevant voters lists were revised post-2012, entertaining a PIL to delete alleged bogus voters from Nashik Municipal Corporation ward rolls for general elections would serve no purpose. Petition disposed without orders.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
pil-19.12
1
ash
FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.19 OF 2012
Office Notes, Office memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or orders or directions & Judge’s orders. Registrar’s orders.
None for the Petitioners. Shri V.S. Gokhale, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 3.
CORAM : A.S. OKA & A.S.CHANDURKAR,JJ DATED : 25TH JULY 2014
P.C.:
. None for the Petitioners. We have perused the Petition. The Petition is filed on 17th January 2012. The grievance is regarding inclusion of names of the alleged bogus voters in the Electoral Rolls of four ward constituencies of the general ward elections of the Nashik Municipal Corporation.
pil-19.12
2
ash
deletion of names of certain voters in the voters' lists of certain wards for general ward elections of Nashik Municipal Corporation. Accordingly, the Petition is disposed of.
(A.S.CHANDURKAR, J) (A.S.OKA, J)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a PIL seeking deletion of alleged bogus voters from Nashik Municipal Corporation electoral rolls is maintainable given the post-2012 revision of Vidhan Sabha voter lists.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Public Interest Litigation Petitioners
Nashik Municipal Corporation
A.S. Oka
A.S. Chandurkar
As recorded by the court registry
Litigation brought on behalf of the public interest rather than a personal grievance, relaxing the usual rule of locus standi.
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court