Writ jurisdiction can be invoked to further election process, not vitiate it: Bombay High Court

The Court relied on the Supreme Court's judgment in State of Goa v Fouzia Imtiaz Shaikh, where the top court emphasized on a hands-off approach to limit judicial intervention in the election process.
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The Bombay High Court recently held that High Courts are empowered to exercise writ jurisdiction in election-related petitions only if such intervention would further the election process, rather than vitiate it [Aashish Kishor Gadkari v. Election Commission of India and Anr].

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