This judgement of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi changed the trajectory of the elections to the Dental Council of India from the State of Maharashtra, by ensuring that the procedure for preparing and finalizing the list of voters would for the first time be done online, for which a wide publication would also be issued. Further, to streamline the issue the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has directed the Authorities to design and carry out a two-stage electoral list preparation process and take representations from any and all dentists whose names have not been considered while preparing the electoral list.
Glaring illegalities and discrepancies in election of the Dental Council of India, in the State of Maharashtra, dehors the provisions of the Dentist Act, 1948, necessitated the present Writ Petition. In the past election it came to the notice of the Petitioner that the person who was in charge of preparing the electoral list was also the person contesting the election. Further, there were serious violations of the provisions of Dentist Act, 1948 which led to a situation wherein only 2000 voters had submitted a valid ballot paper despite there being more than 34000 voters.
Aggrieved by the illegalities and lapses in the election process, the Petitioner vide the said writ petition proposed some lucrative recommendations to ensure that the election is conducted in a fair and transparent manner. The Delhi High Court vide judgement dated 2nd February, 2023, accepted the recommendations made by the Petitioner and was pleased to direct the concerned authorities for the implementations of the recommendations proposed by the Petitioners.
Sandesh Mayekar v Union of India & Ors. WP (C) 700 of 2019.
This judgement of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi changed the trajectory of the elections to the Dental Council of India from the State of Maharashtra, by ensuring that the procedure for preparing and finalizing the list of voters would for the first time be done online, for which a wide publication would also be issued. Further, to streamline the issue the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has directed the Authorities to design and carry out a two-stage electoral list preparation process and take representations from any and all dentists whose names have not been considered while preparing the electoral list.
Glaring illegalities and discrepancies in election of the Dental Council of India, in the State of Maharashtra, dehors the provisions of the Dentist Act, 1948, necessitated the present Writ Petition. In the past election it came to the notice of the Petitioner that the person who was in charge of preparing the electoral list was also the person contesting the election. Further, there were serious violations of the provisions of Dentist Act, 1948 which led to a situation wherein only 2000 voters had submitted a valid ballot paper despite there being more than 34000 voters.
Aggrieved by the illegalities and lapses in the election process, the Petitioner vide the said writ petition proposed some lucrative recommendations to ensure that the election is conducted in a fair and transparent manner. The Delhi High Court vide judgement dated 2nd February, 2023, accepted the recommendations made by the Petitioner and was pleased to direct the concerned authorities for the implementations of the recommendations proposed by the Petitioners.
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