RAMESH KUMAR KHATRI vs DURGESH PATHAK

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI EL.PET. 4/2022 & I.A. 432/2023, I.A. 17421/2023 RAMESH KUMAR KHATRI .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner-in-person Mob: 9416638088 Email: [email protected] versus DURGESH PATHAK .....Respondent Through: Mr. Gautam Narayan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Karan Sharma, Ms. Asmita Singh, Mr. Mohit Siwach, Mr. Rishikesh Kumar, and Ms. Sheenu Priya, Advocates Mob: 9999777847 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA JUDGMENT % 04.02.2025 MINI PUSHKARNA, J: I.A. 432/2023 (Application under Order VII Rule 11(a) and (d) of CPC) 1. The instant Election Petition has been filed under The Representation of the People Act, 1951 (“1951 Act”) with a prayer to set aside the election of the respondent no. 1 held in AC-39, Rajinder Nagar, Assembly Constituency, thereby, declaring the said election as null and void. Additionally, the petitioner has also prayed for debarring the respondent no. 1 from contesting Assembly Elections for six years, as per Section 8(A) of the 1951 Act. 2. By way of the present petition, it is alleged that the respondent no. 1 has shown fabricated expenses in the day-to-day expenditure register. The responden