The Bombay Excessive Courtroom on Thursday dismissed Shiv Sena (Ubatha) chief Amol Kirtikar’s plea difficult the victory of rival Shiv Sena candidate Ravindra Vaikar within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Kirtikar, in his election petition, had sought the Excessive Courtroom to quash Vaikar’s election as MP from the Mumbai North-West constituency and declare it ‘invalid’.
He had additionally requested the court docket to declare himself duly elected from the mentioned constituency. Justice Sandeep Marne mentioned that the petition is dismissed.
Kirtikar, who’s related to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (Ubhatha), claimed in his petition that he had filed an utility for recounting of votes on the day of counting as there was a discrepancy.
Kirtikar had misplaced the Lok Sabha elections earlier this yr to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s Vaikar by a slender margin of 48 votes. Vaikar received 4,52,644 votes, whereas Kirtikar received 4,52,596 votes.
The Shiv Sena (Ubhatha) chief claimed in his petition that there have been a number of obtrusive and critical lapses dedicated by the election officers appointed to finish the counting course of, attributable to which the election outcomes had been affected.
