The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition that sought to quash the Lok Sabha election notification issued for Tamil Nadu, fixing the date of polling as April 19, 2024 and the date of counting of votes as June 4, 2024.
Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy rejected the plea made by the writ petitioner Ezhilan, to issue a consequential direction to advance the date of counting without the long gap of 45 days between polling and counting.
The petitioner’s counsel A. Rajini argued that providing such a long gap of 45 days was against the spirit of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 which provides for the conduct of free and fair elections. She also claimed that it was arbitrary and illegal to delay the counting of votes.
