Documents Must Be Furnished Without Delay: Madras High Court Orders ECI To Provide Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Election Records To Defeated Candidate

The Madras High Court directed the Election Commission of India to furnish election records relating to Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to an unsuccessful candidate seeking to challenge the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni election result. The Court held that delaying access to documents cannot defeat a candidate’s statutory right to file an election petition.