2024-05-24 01:56:23
Raipur: The Supreme Courtroom on Monday refused to entertain a plea difficult the Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom order which had dismissed the plea of a 78-year-old bed-ridden girl. The aged girl had sought a route from the excessive court docket to problem a postal poll to her to solid her vote within the Lok Sabha elections. The girl had initially filed a plea earlier than the excessive court docket searching for a route to problem a postal poll to her, contemplating her age and illnesses, to solid her vote within the Bilaspur constituency, the place polling was held on Might 7. The excessive court docket on April 29 allowed her to use earlier than the involved returning officer and directed the authority to contemplate her declare in accordance with legislation. On Monday, the girl’s counsel instructed a trip bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal that as per the excessive court docket’s April 29 order, she had utilized earlier than the returning officer for issuance of postal poll.
Senior advocate Gaurav Agarwal, who appeared for the girl within the court docket, mentioned that the election officer rejected her utility on Might 1. He mentioned, “The election officer mentioned that your (petitioner) bodily incapacity is just not greater than 40 p.c so I cannot let you vote (by postal poll). That is the essence of the order.”
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Aggarwal mentioned the girl once more approached the excessive court docket, which rejected her utility on Might 6, saying the polling date was Might 7 and the route issued by the Election Fee relating to issuance and assortment of postal ballots couldn’t be accomplished inside 24 hours.
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The petition has turn out to be infructuousThe girl had approached the apex court docket difficult the excessive court docket’s order of Might 6. The Supreme Courtroom mentioned the petition had turn out to be infructuous because the polling date was Might 7.