Kochi, Sept 04: Kerala High Court today dismissed a public interest litigation seeking to quash the August 29 notification for the by-poll to Ernakulam parliamentary constituency. According to the petitioner, the declaration for conducting election to the Ernakulam parliamentary constituency when the term of the existing Parliament was to expire, was unnecessary as it involved large expenditure.
When the matter came up for preliminary hearing before Chief Justice J L Gupta and Justice A K Basheer, the petitioner, one E A Rashid of Thiruvananthapuram, sought to withdraw the petition. Bureau Report