Vasanthy M vs The State Election Commissioner — 78/2020

Case under Election Commission Act Section 258(1). Disposed: Uncontested--Dismissed on 18th June 2026.

Case disposed

OP - Original Petition

CNR: TNMD010018382020

Filing Number

598/2020

Filing Date

17-Feb-2020

Registration No

78/2020

Registration Date

23-Mar-2020

Court

Principal District Court, Madurai

Judge

2-I Additional District and Sessions Judge

Decision Date

18-Jun-2026

Nature of Disposal

Uncontested--Dismissed

Last updated 07-Jul-2026

Acts & Sections

Election Commission Act Section 258(1)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Vasanthy M

    Adv. Vijaya Chathrapathy R

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.The State Election Commissioner

  2. 2.The District Election Officer cum District Collector,

  3. 3.The Returning Officer/Block Development Officer

  4. 4.J.Rajapriya

  5. 5.Mohana Sarala

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 18-Jun-2026

    Disposed

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  3. 01-Jun-2026

    Arguments

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  4. 25-Mar-2026

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  5. 11-Mar-2026

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  6. 19-Feb-2026

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  7. 27-Jan-2026

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  8. 05-Jan-2026

    Arguments

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  9. 05-Dec-2025

    Arguments

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  10. 14-Nov-2025

    Appearance

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  11. 24-Oct-2025

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  12. 04-Sep-2025

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  13. 30-Jul-2025

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  15. 28-Apr-2025

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  19. 30-Sep-2024

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  20. 19-Aug-2024

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  21. 05-Jul-2024

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  25. 12-Feb-2024

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  27. 21-Dec-2023

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  35. 07-Jun-2023

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  36. 06-Apr-2023

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  37. 20-Mar-2023

    Copy of DepositionView PDF

    Summary: In Case 78/2020, the court rejected petitioner Vasanthy M's allegations of electoral irregularities, finding that the election process was conducted properly. The court determined that election officials performed their duties correctly, vote counting for the 4th ward totaled 4,409 votes and was conducted appropriately with proper procedures, and party-wise vote segregation was accurately maintained. The court held that the petitioner's complaints lacked substantive evidence and dismissed the petition, affirming the validity of the election process. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  38. 20-Mar-2023

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  39. 01-Mar-2023

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  41. 14-Feb-2023

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  44. 19-Jan-2023

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  45. 11-Jan-2023

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  46. 20-Dec-2022

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  47. 07-Dec-2022

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  48. 07-Dec-2022

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  49. 01-Dec-2022

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  50. 16-Nov-2022

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  51. 16-Nov-2022

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  52. 15-Nov-2022

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  53. 03-Nov-2022

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  54. 11-Oct-2022

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  55. 11-Oct-2022

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  56. 15-Sep-2022

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  57. 15-Sep-2022

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  58. 08-Sep-2022

    Enquiry

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  59. 02-Sep-2022

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  60. 26-Aug-2022

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  61. 18-Aug-2022

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  71. 01-Apr-2022

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  72. 01-Apr-2022

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  73. 18-Mar-2022

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  74. 24-Feb-2022

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  75. 10-Feb-2022

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  76. 03-Jan-2022

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  77. 25-Nov-2021

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  78. 07-Oct-2021

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  79. 17-Sep-2021

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  80. 31-Aug-2021

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  81. 03-Aug-2021

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  82. 20-Jul-2021

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  85. 19-Apr-2021

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  86. 19-Apr-2021

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  87. 15-Apr-2021

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  88. 30-Mar-2021

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  89. 17-Mar-2021

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  90. 15-Mar-2021

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  91. 26-Feb-2021

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  92. 02-Feb-2021

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  93. 05-Jan-2021

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  94. 07-Dec-2020

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  95. 06-Nov-2020

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  96. 04-Nov-2020

    Appearance

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  97. 02-Sep-2020

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  98. 03-Jul-2020

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  99. 09-Apr-2020

    Appearance

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  100. 23-Mar-2020

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  101. 17-Feb-2020

    Case filed

    Registration No. 78/2020

casestatus.in Summary

Summary: In Case 78/2020, the court rejected petitioner Vasanthy M's allegations of electoral irregularities, finding that the election process was conducted properly. The court determined that election officials performed their duties correctly, vote counting for the 4th ward totaled 4,409 votes and was conducted appropriately with proper procedures, and party-wise vote segregation was accurately maintained. The court held that the petitioner's complaints lacked substantive evidence and dismissed the petition, affirming the validity of the election process. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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