AKHIL BHARATIYA JAN SANGH, vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09th October, 2025 + W.P.(C) 15262/2025, CM APPL. 62541/2025, CM APPL. 62542/2025 & CM APPL. 62543/2025 AKHIL BHARATIYA JAN SANGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pranay Ranjan, Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, Mrs. Rachana Ranjan, Mr. Pratap Ranjan, Ms. Sakshi Banga, Mr. Siddharth Sahu, Ms. Astha Singh, Advocates (M:9953068680) Email: [email protected] versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rohini Prasad, Advocate and Ms. Ashika Ranjan, Advocate (M:9818065913) Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL): 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to the respondent – Election Commission of India (“ECI”), to consider the application of the petitioner dated 25th August, 2025 and allot a common election symbol in terms thereof for contesting the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025 under the banner of „Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh‟ and to strike down the communication dated 01st September, 2025, issued by the respondent. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the name of the party Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 15262/2025 Page 1 of 15 By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:09.10.2025 21:12:08 as, „Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh‟, has been duly registered by ECI vide its letter dated 20th October, 1989. 3. It is submitted that the respondent has refused to allot a common election symbol to the petitioner for contesting the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025, as the respondent has claimed that there is an internal dispute in the party. 4. It is submitted that the concerned internal dispute, as raised by one Mr. Sameer Singh Chandel, is no longer material, as the said Mr. Sameer Singh Chandel, h