Dismissed
Kishor S/O Uttamrao Gajbhiye v. the Election Commission of India, through Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi and Others
Bombay HCEP/13/2019
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court dismissed this election petition as infructuous on the ground that the five-year term for the Ramtek Parliamentary Constituency election had expired on 11/04/2019, rendering the petition meaningless. Machines were returned to the ECI and an existing FIR noted.
What did the court decide?
Dismissal of the election petition as infructuous; EVM and VVPAT machines returned to ECI; no order as to costs.