Delhi HC refuses to pass directions in PIL seeking to conduct LS, Assembly polls together in 2024

Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to pass directions concerning a PIL filed seeking direction to the Central government and the Election Commission (EC) to determine if it is feasible to hold the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections at the same time in 2024.
A division bench of Chief Justice (CJ) Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, who was dealing with the petition, said that the PIL seeks framing of a law which is the EC’s and not their (the court’s) domain.
CJ Sharma said: “We are not lawmakers, we know our limitations. We ensure compliance of law. We can’t issue such mandamus.” In his PIL, petitioner and advocate Ashwini K. Upadhyay sought a direction to both the Centre and the EC to conduct elections on holidays, including Saturdays and Sundays, in order to save valuable time of schools, colleges, universities, service industries and manufacturing organisations.
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Representing EC, advocate Sidhant Kumar told the court that it is for the Parliament to consider amendments to the Constitution and the Representation of People’s Act if simultaneous elections were to be conducted in the country.