The Supreme Court has rejected the petition that challenged the election of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi from the Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
The election petition was filed against Kanimozhi’s election was dismissed a bench comprising of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Bela M Trivedi dismissed and allowed the appeal filed in this regard by Kanimozhi challenging a Madras High Court order declining to quash the election petition.
Senior Advocate P Wilson, appearing for the appellant, had submitted that the lead election petition, raising grievance over non-mention of her husband’s PAN details in her affidavit disclosing assets, had been filed by a voter.
It was pointed out that her husband was a foreign national and did not have such a card or any income from activities in India. Further, the respondents had not substantiated their allegations.
The top court had in January 2020 ordered a stay on proceedings against Kanimozhi in the case, as well as the High Court order under challenge