Rajasthan High Court Holds Returning Officer and Election Commission of India Necessary Parties Amid Contradictory Figures on Rejected Postal Ballots

The Rajasthan High Court has declined to remove election authorities from an election petition concerning the Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha election, holding that their presence is necessary where the central dispute turns on contradictory official figures relating to rejected postal ballots. The Court was dealing with an application under Section 151 of the Code of […]