The Aurangabad bench dismissed BJP leader Subhash Bhamre’s challenge to Congress MP Shobha Bachchav’s 2024 Dhule Parliamentary constituency win, specifically rejecting allegations of votes cast in deceased individuals’ names and multiple votes under single identities in the Malegaon Central segment.

Justice Arun Pednekar emphasized that merely having deceased individuals remain on electoral rolls is insufficient to prove fraud. He noted that no affidavits from polling agents confirmed any such irregularity, nor was there any verified evidence of impersonation.

Bhamre’s petition was also deemed procedurally deficient, as it lacked precise legal foundations required under Sections 100, 81, and 83 of the Representation of the People Act. As a result, it was dismissed under Order VII, Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code.

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