TIRUPATI NARASHIMA MURARI vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 16.01.2025 LPA 38/2025 TIRUPATI NARASHIMA MURARI .....Appellant Through: Mr Hari Shankar Jain, Mr Vishnu Shankar Jain, Mr Parth Yadav, Ms Mani Munjal, and Ms Khushboo Tomar, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr Shashank Bajpai, CGSC, Mr Vedansh Anand, GP, Ms Stuti Karwal, and Mr Soumyadip Chakraborty, Advocate for UOI/R1. Ms Suruchi Suri, SC for ECI/R2. CORAM: HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA VIBHU BAKHRU, ACJ. (ORAL) 1. The appellant has filed the present appeal, inter alia, impugning the judgment dated 20.11.2024 (hereafter the impugned judgment) passed by the learned Single Judge of this court in W.P.(C) No.9420/2018 captioned Tirupati Narashima Murari v. Union of India & Others. 2. The appellant had filed the aforementioned writ petition, inter alia, praying that an appropriate order be issued for quashing the registration granted to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Musalimeen (hereafter the AIMIM) as a political party by the Election Commission of India (hereafter the ECI). 3. The appellant had founded his challenge on the ground that the 4. AIMIM was fo