PRADEEP KUMAR vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision:24th January, 2025 W.P.(C) 935/2025 PRADEEP KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pushpendu Shukla, Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra, Ms. Sudha Mishra and Mr. Santosh Panday, Advocates. versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Standing Counsel with Ms. Viyushti Rawat and Mr. Ashish Shukla, Advocates for R-1/ECI. Mr. Amit Sharma, Mr. Dipesh Sinha and Ms. Aparna Singh Adv for Respondent No. 2 Mr. Rajeev Sharma and Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Advocates also for R-2. Mr. Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, Advocate for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH JUDGEMENT JYOTI SINGH, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 4559/2025 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 935/2025 3. This writ petition is preferred on behalf of the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “i) to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction against the respondents jointly & severally to accept the nomination paper of the petitioner to contest the election for the ac-23, 4. Learned counsel for Respondent No.1 objects to the maintainab