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Priti W/O Pravin Bhandarkar v. the Election Commission of India Nirvachan Sadan

Bombay HC8 Dec 2025PIL/134/2025

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Bombay High Court, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction; PIL No. 134 of 2025; decided 08-12-2025; Coram: Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ. & Gautam A. Ankhad, J.; file ref 902-PIL.134.2025.doc. Keywords: inclusion of name in voters' list; Nagar Parishad Elections; Sakoli, Taluka Sakoli, District Bhandara; Form 6; e-Electoral Voter Id Card; cut-off date 1st July 2025; Election Commission of India; State Election Commission; objections dated 8th and 13th October 2025; order dated 30th September 2025; PIL dismissed.

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The date (6 October 2025) on which the e-Electoral Voter Id Card was downloaded from the ECI website has no relevance and cannot be a determinative factor to conclude that the petitioner's name stood included in the voters list for the Nagar Parishad. ¶17

Priti W/O Pravin Bhandarkar vs the Election Commission of India Nirvachan Sadan — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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JVS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

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PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 134 OF 2025

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Priti w/o. Pravin Bhandarkar } Petitioner versus The Election Commission of India & Ors. } Respondents

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None for the Petitioner.

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Mr. S. B. Shetye, Advocate for State Election Commission. Ms. Neha S. Bhide, Government Pleader with Ms. Apurva Thipsey, ‘B’ Panel Counsel for Respondent-State.

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CORAM: SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ. & GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

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DATE: 8^th DECEMBER 2025

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P.C.:

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With a prayer for direction to the respondent-Authority to include the name of certain persons in the voters’ list for the forthcoming Nagar Parishad Elections, this Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by Mrs. Priti Pravin Bhandarkar who states that she is resident of Room No. 971, Near Hanuman Mandir, Talav Ward, Sakoli, Taluka Sakoli, District Bhandara. In this context, the petitioner seeks to challenge the order dated 30^th September 2025 by which the respondent-Authority declined to include her name in the voters’ list.

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Briefly stated, the petitioner states that she possessed a voter identity card issued by the Election Commission and submitted form 6 on the official website of the Election Commission of India. The petitioner nowhere states as to publication of a notification for the forthcoming elections. However, she states that she made objections on 8^th October 2025 and 13^th October 2025 but her

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objections were not considered and her name was not entered in the voters’ list.

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Digitally signed by JAYANT JAYANTVISHWANATH VISHWANATHSALUNKE SALUNKE Date: 2025.12.11 11:39:13 +0530

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On a glance at Exhibit-C, it transpires that “6^th October 2025” is the date on which a copy of the e-Electoral Voter Id Card was downloaded from the official website of the Election Commission of India. This date has no relevance to or cannot be a determinative factor to arrive at a conclusion that the petitioner’s name stood included in the voters list for the Nagar Parishad. The e-Electoral Voter Id Card of the petitioner was prepared long back and this document vide Annexure-C does not indicate that her name was included in the voters list prior to the cut-off date of “1^st July 2025”. 4. In view of the aforesaid, Public Interest Litigation No. 134 of 2025 is dismissed.

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[GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.] [CHIEF JUSTICE]

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Priti W/O Pravin Bhandarkar v. the Election Commission of India Nirvachan Sadan

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