Supreme Court Stayed The High Court Direction To ECI To Hold Bye-Election For Pune Lok Sabha Seat

The Supreme Court in the case Election Commission of India v. Sugosh Joshi and another observed and has stayed the direction which is issued by the Bombay High Court to the Election Commission of India to hold bye-election for the Pune Lok Sabha seat, which has been vacant since the death of MP Girish Bapat on 29.03.2023.

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The bench comprising of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra in the case observed and has passed the interim order while issuing the notice on the Special Leave Petition moved by the ECI wherein it assailed the order passed by the High Court's on 13.12.2023.

The bench in the case observed that Section 151A of the Representation of Peoples Act 1951 would come into play in the said case.