DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM (DMK) vs SECRETARY GOVERNORS SECRETARIAT AND ORS

The Supreme Court addressed the challenge by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) against the Madras High Court's refusal to direct the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission regarding local body elections. The Court emphasized that Articles 243-D and 243-T of the Constitution mandate delimitation of constituencies and rotation of reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes post-census. The Court noted that the establishment of a Delimitation Commission under the Tamil Nadu Delimitation Commission Act, 2017, rendered the issues raised by DMK academic, as the Commission had completed the delimitation process based on the 2011 Census, thus upholding the legality of the State's actions regarding local elections.