Shillong, Jan 28:The High Court of Meghalaya has dismissed a petition filed by the Voice of the People Party (VPP) seeking a probe into booth capturing, destruction of EVMs during the polling held on February 21 for the elections to JHADC.
The party sought action for the vandalism in four polling booths-Wapung Skur A & B, Bataw A& B.
According to the state responders, repolls were conducted on February 22 following the incident.
The court observed that action, if any, would have to be at the instance of the governor, and this too against the concerned officials alleged to have committed such offences and not generally.
‘Apart from generalisation of the issues, without any specific pleadings and in the absence of any coherent reasons, the writ petition is held to be not maintainable and as such, is liable to be dismissed at this stage itself”, the court said.
