SC dismisses plea challenging 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections over bogus voting allegations
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition questioning the validity of the Maharashtra Assembly elections held in November 2024 over allegations of large-scale bogus voting.
A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice N.K. Singh rejected the plea filed by Chetan Chandrakant Ahire, who claimed that nearly 75 lakh bogus votes were cast after the official closing of polls at 6 PM. He also alleged discrepancies in about 95 constituencies where the number of votes polled did not match the votes counted.
The petitioner had moved the apex court after the Bombay High Court dismissed his writ petition in June 2025. The High Court bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Arif Doctor had termed the plea “absolutely baseless,” observing that it wasted the Court’s time. “The whole day of this Court was wasted while hearing this petition. We were of the view that costs should be imposed on them but we refrain from doing so,” the bench had remarked.
The Supreme Court, agreeing with the High Court’s findings, dismissed the petition without granting any relief.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
