Madras HC Upholds Cancellation of LS Election in Vellore by EC

The Vellore constituency was scheduled to go to polls on 18 April.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday, 17 April, upheld the Election Commission's decision of cancelling polling in Vellore Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.

A bench of justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad dismissed petitions filed by AIADMK-led alliance candidate in the constituency AC Shanmugham and an independent against cancellation of the election which was slated for Thursday.