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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take steps to solve the issue of namesake, imposter and duplicate candidates from participating in elections. [Sabu Steephen v. Election Commission of India]