Dismissed
E.Gopinathan v. the State Election
Madras HCWP/4242/2013
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
In this writ petition under Article 226, the petitioner sought to quash election proceedings and direct fresh elections for the Tamil Nadu Government Pharmacists Association. The Court held that such election disputes cannot be adjudicated in writ proceedings and dismissed the petition as infructuous since elections had already been conducted by the Association.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous with no costs awarded.