New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the petition which demanded breath analyzer test of voters standing in queue at every polling station during the elections.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta refused to interfere with the Andhra Pradesh High Court order dismissing the petition, saying, "This is a publicity interest litigation."
The counsel appearing for the Andhra Pradesh unit of the Janavahini Party said that since the Model Code of Conduct is in place, no voter should be allowed to vote under the influence of alcohol.
The bench said, "What is this? It is for publicity. It is a dry day on the polling day and police personnel are deployed everywhere. We will not entertain it."
The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Janavahini Party initially moved the High Court, which rejected the petition on February 28.
The High Court has said that the petitioner has failed to draw his attention to a specific legal provision which would make it mandatory for the Election Commission of India to ensure that every person entering a polling station is subjected to a breathalyzer test. He was allowed to cast his vote.
The political party has challenged the inaction on the part of the Election Commission on its representation of January 6, demanding arrangement of breath analyzers at the entry point of the queue at the polling station and allowing only those voters to exercise their voting right. Has been done. Who are unaffected by alcohol.
It seeks direction to the Election Commission to make arrangements for breath analyzers at the entry points of queues at polling stations and to allow only those voters who are not affected by alcohol to exercise their franchise.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta refused to interfere with the Andhra Pradesh High Court order dismissing the petition, saying, "This is a publicity interest litigation."
The counsel appearing for the Andhra Pradesh unit of the Janavahini Party said that since the Model Code of Conduct is in place, no voter should be allowed to vote under the influence of alcohol.
The bench said, "What is this? It is for publicity. It is a dry day on the polling day and police personnel are deployed everywhere. We will not entertain it."
The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Janavahini Party initially moved the High Court, which rejected the petition on February 28.
The High Court has said that the petitioner has failed to draw his attention to a specific legal provision which would make it mandatory for the Election Commission of India to ensure that every person entering a polling station is subjected to a breathalyzer test. He was allowed to cast his vote.
The political party has challenged the inaction on the part of the Election Commission on its representation of January 6, demanding arrangement of breath analyzers at the entry point of the queue at the polling station and allowing only those voters to exercise their voting right. Has been done. Who are unaffected by alcohol.
It seeks direction to the Election Commission to make arrangements for breath analyzers at the entry points of queues at polling stations and to allow only those voters who are not affected by alcohol to exercise their franchise.
