Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Election Commission's Directive to Delete Hostel Residents from Electoral Rolls. The court upheld the Election Commission's power to ensure accurate electoral rolls under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, holding that hostel residents are not ordinarily resident in the constituency of the educational institution.
1 Oct 2019The petitioners, including associations of educational institutions and individual institutions, filed writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constit...
