Supreme Court refuses to order repolling at Chandragiri assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh

YSR Congress party leader CM Reddy alleged that the polls in some booths of the Chandragiri assembly constituency had been undemocratic due to instances of voter suppression, ballot tampering, and physical violence.
Chevireddy Mohith Reddy and Supreme Court, Election Commission
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to order repolling at some booths at Chandragiri assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh (AP) in the recently concluded AP Assembly elections [Chevireddy Mohith Reddy vs Election Commission of India and Ors]

A Vacation Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta remarked,

"There are questions of fact; not for us to interfere under Article 136."

Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Sandeep Mehta
Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Sandeep Mehta

The Court was hearing an appeal by YSR Congress party leader CM Reddy against an Andhra Pradesh High Court order that refused to order repolling in some booths of the Chandragiri assembly constituency.

The State voted for both Lok Sabha and State assembly simultaneously.

Reddy, who is contesting from Chandragiri, alleged that the voting in some polling stations had been undemocratic due to instances of voter suppression, ballot tampering and physical violence.

This, he stated, was at the behest of the opposition in the State, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

Further, he pointed out that the verdict under challenge has not been uploaded on the court website yet, and he was prevented from being part of the scrutiny process of the voting register.

Reddy was represented by Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi.

The appeal was filed through advocate Vivek Singh.

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