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DELHI HIGH COURT REITERATES PRINCIPLES OF DEREGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTY


The Single Judge Bench of the #DelhiHighCourt, J. Prateek Jalan, has in a recent case of Anna YSR Congress Party vs The Election Commission of India passed a #Judgment dated 04-06-2021 and reiterated the grounds for #deregistration of a #politicalparty.


In this case, the Petitioner, Anna YSR Congress Party and the Respondent No. 2, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress Party are both political parties registered with the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Respondent No. 1, under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (the Act). The Respondent No. 2 was registered as a political party in 2011 under the name ‘Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party’ and the Petitioner was registered in 2015 under the name ‘YSR Congress Party’. The Respondent No. 2 is presently the governing party in the State of Andhra Pradesh.


To read more, please visit the link below:


https://theindianlawyer.in/delhi-high-court-reiterates-principles-of-deregistration-of-political-party/


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