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BJP Invokes MCC and RP Act Against Rahul Gandhi’s ‘PM Dance’ Remark Seeks EC Ban on Campaign

The Bihar assembly election campaign has seen a massive political explosion as out of the rally ground to the offices of the Election Commission of India. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lodged a formal complaint with the Congress party against Rahul Gandhi, his senior, over what they consider to be highly derogatory, indecent and personal remarks directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Claiming Irregularities in 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Elections

This paper discusses a ruling of the Bombay High Court in Chetan Chandrakant Ahire against. Union of India, rejected a writ petition, which objected to the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Court stressed upon the legislative prohibition against intervention by the Court on the subject of an election, the lack of locus standi of the petitioner and a dearth of any demand for justice, recreating the orderly nature of the legal system of election disputes.