Kochi, March 24: The Kerala High Court today dismissed a writ petition seeking postponement of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled for April 13.
The petitioner, M Vinod Vengeri of Kozhikode, submitted that as the polls were scheduled “in the midst of holidays and festivals”, a majority of people would not turn up to cast their votes.
In this regard, the petitioner sought postponement of the polls after ”Vishu”, which falls on April 14.
A division bench comprising Justice C N Ramachandran Nair and Justice B P Ray dismissed the petition ”in limine” (a motion presented at the outset of a case to determine the admissibility of certain evidence), recording that the election process has been set in motion and the court cannot interfere in the conduct of the election.
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