Poll-Ads Pre-Certification: Madras High Court Asks ECI To Produce Supreme Court Order, Says ECI Can't Pass Orders Limiting HC's Jurisdiction

The Madras High Court on Wednesday commented that the ECI could not have doubled up the powers of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. The court also remarked that the ECI could not have passed orders limiting the jurisdiction of the High Courts. The bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad was hearing a plea by the Dravida...