New Delhi, May 21 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL filed by an independent candidate Ramu Mandi against the Election Commission of India appointment of two retired bureaucrats, Vivek Debey and Ajay Nayak, as special observers in the Lok Sabha election in Bengal, which was marked by violence, bloodshed and mayhem.
A bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, found no merit in the Public Interest Litigation and noted that the polling in Bengal had concluded.
It ruled, “We don’t find any merit. Thus, accordingly we dismiss it.”
The apex court, however, granted liberty to the plaintiff to approach the state High Court for redressal.
In the fray from Barrackpore, Mr Mandi had moved the apex court against the ECI’s order which had appointed Messrs Debey and Nayak, as special observers in the Lok Sabha election in Bengal.
