The Supreme Court upheld Kanimozhi Karunanidhi’s election as the Member of Parliament from the Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general elections.
Kanimozhi had filed an appeal against a Madras High Court order declining to dismiss an election petition against her.
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi dismissed the election petition filed against Kanimozhi’s election and allowed her appeal.
Kanimozhi’s counsel, Senior Advocate P Wilson, argued that the lead election petition was filed by a voter who raised an issue over the non-disclosure of Kanimozhi’s husband’s PAN details in her affidavit disclosing assets.
It was further pointed out that Kanimozhi’s husband was a foreign national and did not have a PAN card or any income from activities in India. The respondents had failed to substantiate their allegations. In January 2020, the Supreme Court had stayed proceedings against Kanimozhi in the case and the High Court order under challenge.
