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India Today
a day ago
- Politics
- India Today
Supreme Court rejects plea to cancel Maharashtra polls over 'bogus votes' claim
The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in a Bombay High Court ruling that dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, filed by Vikhroli voter Chetan Ahire. The plea alleged procedural irregularities during the 2024 polls, amid Opposition claims of bogus votes cast after the official polling petitioner claimed that over 76 lakh votes were cast after 6 pm, without proper oversight from the Election Commission of India (ECI). The High Court had previously termed the petition a "gross abuse of the process of law," and questioned Ahire's legal standing to challenge the entire election process across 288 petition questioned the lack of data on 76 lakh votes allegedly cast after 6 pm, which Ahire's counsel argued is mandatory under election laws and essential for ensuring electoral transparency. The Supreme Court bench led by Justices MM Sundresh and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh questioned the locus standi of the about the issue in Delhi after the hearing, Ahire's advocate and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar said it was unfortunate that the Supreme Court did not even hear the petition."The question centred around who is Chetan Ahire. We said that he is a citizen of the country and a voter. But the court unfortunately did not hear it. If this is going to be the trend, where a citizen and a voter cannot file a petition or appeal, then in the coming days no one will file petitions," Ambedkar the Bombay High Court noted that the petition relied on third-party information and lacked a valid election petition under the Representation of the People Act. "There is not a scratch of legal injury suffered by the petitioner," the High Court had ruled while dismissing the plea.- EndsTune InMust Watch
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
One more arrest in Mumbai make-up artist's murder
Mumbai: One more person has been arrested by Aarey Colony police in connection with the murder of make-up artist Bharat Ahire. Ahire had died at a hospital on Aug 5 from multiple injuries. His wife, Rajshree, had initially reported that her husband suffered the injuries in a bike crash. But police investigations revealed that Ahire was brutally beaten up by one Chandrashekhar and his friend Ranga in Rajshree's presence. While Rajshree was arrested on murder charges last week, the police arrested Ranga recently. Chandrashekhar is on the run. The Ahire couple have three minor children. Police said Rajshree and Chandrashekhar were close. On July 15, Chandrashekhar summoned Ahire to Aarey Colony. Rajshree accompanied her husband. Police later learnt that Chandrashekhar bashed up Ahire while being aided by Ranga. Reportedly, Rajshree brought her injured husband home and did not admit him to hospital for several days. The couple's eldest daughter discreetly informed a relative as her father's condition deteririorated. Rajshree and her husband's relatives then admitted him to the hospital. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 13 Famous People Who Have Opened up About Living With Mental Illness Undo You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai | Gold Rates Today in Mumbai | Silver Rates Today in Mumbai The couple's eldest daughter also gave crucial leads to the police which aided the investigation. After Ahire's death from the injuries on Aug 5, a murder case was registered and Rajshree was arrested. Police said they have evidence that Rajshree was part of the conspiracy to kill her husband. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area. "Get the latest news updates on Times of India, including reviews of the movie Coolie and War 2 ."
Time of India
25-07-2025
- Time of India
Three KDMC officials held in same-day ACB raids in Thane; one sought Rs 60k for drainage clearance, others took Rs 20k for staff reinstatement
KALYAN: In a major anti-corruption crackdown, three officials from the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) were caught red-handed accepting bribes in two separate raids conducted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday. In the first case, the Thane ACB team arrested Chief Sanitation Inspector Vasant Deghulkar and Sanitation Inspector Sudarshan Jadhav while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 to reinstate a sick employee who had been on leave. The trap was laid at the KDMC office located in Sarvodaya Mall, following a complaint by the employee. In the second case, Junior Engineer Ravindra Ahire was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a petrol pump owner. According to the ACB, Ahire had demanded Rs 60,000 on 17 July in exchange for granting permission to build a drainage line for the petrol pump from the sewerage department. Acting on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap and caught Ahire red-handed while taking the bribe in his car near Birla College in Kalyan. Authorities said both raids were carried out on the same day and investigations are ongoing.
News18
25-07-2025
- News18
Civic engineer caught taking Rs 40,000 bribe in Thane district
Thane, Jul 25 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a 57-year-old assistant engineer from a civic body in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 concerning a petrol pump, an official said on Friday. Accused Ravindra Ahire from the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation allegedly accepted the bribe to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) related to underground drainage clearance for the fuel station, the ACB official said. Deputy Superintendent of Police Anil Jaykar of ACB Thane said Ahire had demanded Rs 60,000 to issue the NOC, which is essential to start operations of a new petrol pump. After being alerted , the ACB laid a trap in Ahire's car on Thursday and caught him red-handed while accepting Rs 40,000 bribe, the official said. Ahire has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act, he added. PTI COR NR Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Bombay high court junks plea alleging Maharashtra poll discrepancies
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Wednesday rejected a petition to declare the state assembly elections null and void due to 76 lakh bogus votes allegedly cast after the closing of polls at 6 pm on Nov 20 last year. "There is nothing on record that at any polling station in the state of Maharashtra, any untoward incident or fraud took place. We, hence, fail to discern how, in the absence of any tangible material acceptable in law, which also needs to be booth-wise, there was any fraudulent voting," said Justices Girish Kulkarni and Arif Doctor. Petitioner Chetan Ahire, a voter from Vikhroli constituency, based his petition on an RTI reply obtained by Delhi resident Venkatesh Nayak from the Election Commission of India that "there is no data available about these votes with the ECI." Ahire said that these votes cannot be considered in declaring the results. Senior advocate Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, for the EC, and the Centre's advocate Uday Warunjikar urged the dismissal of the petition as it amounted to "gross abuse of the process of law." "We wonder how the petitioner can have a locus standi to seek such wide, sweeping, and drastic reliefs to question the entire elections of the state legislative assembly. It is a relief, too far-fetched, that too on the basis of no cause of action," the judges noted. They said this is more particularly in the context of the constitutional and statutory bar that no election to either House of a state legislature shall be called into question, except by an election petition. Such a petition is maintainable at the behest of a voter or a contesting candidate. Ahire, "having failed to demonstrate a legal injury, the sequel is automatically the lack of the petitioner's locus to maintain the writ petition. " The judges viewed Ahire's advocate Prakash Ambedkar's submission that the conduct of the poll violated the basic structure of the Constitution and breached Ahire's fundamental rights as "wholly without foundation". They said although farcical claims are made on purity of the process of state assembly polls, and more particularly in the context of EVMs and a need to replace them with ballot papers, "such plea of the petitioner appears to be in absolute desperation. " The use of EVMs was held to be legal and valid by SC, the HC said.
