Supreme Court of India

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (dmk) v. Secretary Governors Secretariat and Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 704
Bench S. A. Bobde, B. R. Gav Ai and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 6 December 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid statement made before the Court in the affidavit filed by the Secretary of the State Election Commission, we permit the State authority to act in the manner as undertaken before the Court i.e. publish the election notification in th e last week of October, 2019

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Part IX – Arts.243- , 243- r/w 243- (1), 243-O & 243-ZG – Lead applicant (in present I As) is the appellant in . .Nos.5467-5469/17, wherein an order of the Madras High Court refusing to issue certain directions to th e Tamil Nadu State Election Commission was challenged – It was claimed therein that the State Government was deliberately postponing elections; unconstitutionally altering constituencie s and refusing to effect rotation for gaining undue political adva ntage – On 12.11.2019, the State Government issued notification d ividing four existing districts of

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