The Supreme Court docket at this time (August 24) restored an election petition filed by advocate and Indian Nationwide Congress member Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury, difficult the election of Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s Kripanath Mallah, who gained the Lok Sabha elections from the No. 7 Karimganj Parliamentary Constituency in Assam through the 2024 Normal Elections.
A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Okay Vinod Chandran allowed the civil attraction, which has been most well-liked beneath Part 116A of the Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1951, difficult the Gauhati Excessive Court docket’s judgment dated April 4, 2025, which rejected the election petition on the threshold.
By the mentioned judgment, the Excessive Court docket had dismissed the election petition filed by Choudhary difficult the election of Kripanath, alleging corrupt practices inside the which means of Part 123 of the RP Act. Nevertheless, the returned candidate filed an utility beneath Part 86, learn with Sections 81 and 83 of the RoP Act, and Part 151 CPC, searching for the outright dismissal of the election petition on the threshold, with out going right into a full trial. This was allowed by the Excessive Court docket.
Choudhury had contested the 2024 parliamentary election from the Karimganj Parliamentary Constituency. As recorded within the attraction papers, the appellant had secured 5,26,733 votes, whereas the returned candidate had secured 5,45,093 votes, the distinction being 18,360 votes.
Justice Chandran pronounced the judgment as: “Counting on the sooner Structure Bench judgment, we have now allowed the attraction.”
Detailed judgment awaited.
Case Particulars: HAFIZ RASHID AHMED CHOUDHURY v KRIPANATH MALLAH AND ORS.|C.A. No. 7474/2025
Appearances: Mr. Harin Pravinkant Raval, realized Senior Advocate, appeared for the Appellant, assisted by Mr. Adeel Ahmed, Advocate-on-Report, alongwith Ms. Urmi H Raval, Adv Mr. Siddharth H Raval Adv Ms. Shreya Bansal, Adv. Ms. Shrestha Narayan, Adv, And Qazi Mohammad Farhan
