M G DAWOOD MIAKHAN vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 25th February, 2026 + W.P.(C) 7099/2024 with CM APPL. 54054/2025 M G DAWOOD MIAKHAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjoy Ghose, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rahul Shyam Bhandari, Mr. G. Priyadharshni, Mr. Satyam Pathak, Ms. Jasleen Kaur and Mr. Mohit Garg, Advocates versus ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, Standing Counsel for ECI/R-1 Mr. Haris Beeran, Mr. Sayid Marzook Bafaki, Mr. Azhar Assees, Mr. Anand B. Menon, Mr. Ranjay N., and Mr. Rizwana R. Raj, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 20th April, 2024 passed by respondent no.1/Election Commission of India (‘ECI’) on the petitioner’s representation dated 29th January, 2024. A further direction is sought directing ECI to derecognise the merger of Muslim League Kerala State Committee (‘MLKSC’) with Indian Union Muslim League (‘IUML’) which has been approved/ratified by impugned order dated 3rd March, 2012 and/or set aside the order dated 3rd Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 7099/2024 Page 1 of 6 By:AANCHAL TAGGAR Signing Date:28.02.2026 12:15:03 March, 2012 passed by respondent no.1/ECI. 2. Mr. Sanjoy Ghose, senior counsel for the petitioner, presses for setting aside of the order dated 20th April, 2024 and remanding the matter to ECI for a fresh consideration of the petitioner’s representation. 3. Briefly stated, the case set up by the petitioner is that IUML was founded in the year 1948 and the same was registered as a political party. In the year 1989, the Kerala unit of IUML got separated and registered itself as a political party by the name of Muslim Le