Madras High Court has said that delay in disposal of election petitions can weaken democracy and take the country on the path of dictatorship. Justice G. While delivering the verdict on the 2016 Radhapuram Vis election dispute on Wednesday, Jayachandran said, under Section 86(7) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, election petitions should be disposed of within six months. If the courts do not follow the Supreme Court’s own observations in the Mohammed Akbar case, the democratic system may be adversely affected. The court canceled the 2016 election of AIADMK’s IS Inabadurai and declared DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu elected from Radhapuram for 2016-21. Inabadurai had won by 49 votes, but in the recount the court declared Appavu the winner by 109 votes. Result changed after 10 years, losing candidate won. In the 2016 Radhapuram assembly elections, DMK’s Appavu lost by 49 votes. He filed an election petition alleging that there were irregularities in the counting of postal ballots and counting of EVM votes. In 2019, the Madras High Court found that the returning officer had given a false statement on oath regarding the vote counting process. The court then ordered recount of 1,508 postal ballots and over 15,700 votes from 39 EVMs counted in the 19th, 20th and 21st phases. In the recount, Appavu’s votes turned out to be more and ultimately the High Court declared him the winner by 109 votes. The Supreme Court had put a stay. Inabadurai had reached the Supreme Court in 2019 by challenging the recount order of the High Court. The top court allowed the recount to continue, but stayed the release of the results. On May 21, 2026, the Supreme Court said, the term of the Assembly has ended and lifted the interim stay on delivering the verdict. After this the High Court gave its verdict. —————————————————— Read this news also… Supreme Court said – Some posts are only for less educated: It is wrong to get this job by hiding a big degree; Hiding one’s education for a job reserved for lower educational qualification is like snatching employment from the rightful owner of the post, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. Therefore, a job taken by hiding a higher qualification will be legally invalid. Read the full news…
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