Today, On 9th January, The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition challenging the constitutional validity of The Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968. This order governs the specification, reservation, and allocation of electoral symbols to parties and candidates.
The Supreme Court has transferred CPI(M)’s challenge to the Madras High Court order directing removal of permanent political flagpoles from public spaces in Tamil Nadu to Justice Vikram Nath’s bench. The party argued the order violates its fundamental rights and amounts to “impermissible judicial legislation.”
