MRINALL SHASHI SHEKHAR Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard the Petitioner in-person and learned Counsel for the respective respondents.

(2.) The challenge in this Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is to the Constitutional validity of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 ("the Symbols Order"), as well as to the validity of explanation added to Section 77 and to the Section 78-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 ("the 1951 Act"). The challenge is based on the premise of violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

(3.) The petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs in his petition :