Surendra Gupta v. State Election Commission

$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4362/2022 and CM APPL. 13021/2022 SURENDRA GUPTA .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Siddharth Mittal, Mr. Darshan Sejwal and Ms. Shilpa G.Mittal, Advocates.

versus STATE ELECTION COMMISSION .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Amit Sharma, Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Ms. Pallavi Barua and Ms. Aparna Singh, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 16.01.2025 1.

By this writ petition, Petitioner seeks quashing of impugned order dated 25.01.2021 whereby he has been disqualified to contest elections for 6 years in terms of Rule 110 of Delhi Municipal Corporation (Election of Councillors) Rules, 2012.

2.

Considering that no elections are upcoming in the near future wherein candidature of the Petitioner will be impacted by the impugned order, this writ petition is disposed of at this stage, leaving the question of law open and with liberty to the Petitioner to take recourse to legal remedies in case any fresh cause of action arises and/or to seek revival of the writ petition, if the circumstances so warrant. Pending application also stands disposed of. JYOTI SINGH, J JANUARY 16, 2025/B.S. Rohella The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 24/01/2025 at 16:04:23