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aside as discriminatory and lacking in application of mind.
It is humbly submitted that while the seizure of allegedly
undeclared monies from the associates of a major political
party's secretary has resulted in the rescission of the Lok
Sabha election, there has been no such action taken m
respect of the Assembly elections. It is submitted that if
the monies were used to influence voters in Vellore, then
the rescission of the Lok Sabha election for Vellore
constituency alone, without a similar action being taken in
respect of the Assembly elections in Vellore is arbitrary and
discriminatory
and
contravenes
Article
14
of
the
Constitution.
(vii) That the Impugned Notification is liable to be set
aside as disproportionate and lacking in due application of
mind.
Election
Commission
in
its
proceedings
has
admittedly compiled precise details of alleged corrupt
activities against a candidate of another party and has also
stated categorically that unlawful activities have been
carried out only by the abovementioned member and
others of that political party alone. However, instead of
taking disciplinary actions against that candidate alone, the
Impugned Notification seeks for rescission of the entire
electoral process. It is humbly submitted that Impugned
Notification seeks to penalize all the candidates contesting
elections in the Vellore Constituency for the violation of
law
by
one
candidate.
Therefore,
the
Impugned
Notification contravenes Article 14 of the Constitution and
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