By Admin 
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the petition that canceled the recognition of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). The petitioner had described the party of Asaduddin Owaisi on a religious grounds. The court said that if the petitioner wants to talk against the parties seeking votes on religious or ethnic basis, then file a comprehensive petition.
The petition seeking to cancel the recognition of AIMIM was by Shiv Sena leader Tirupati Narasimha Murari. Earlier, it was rejected by the Delhi High Court on 16 January 2025. In the Supreme Court, the case came in front of a bench headed by Justice Surya Kant. At the beginning of the hearing, the bench said that AIMIM says that it talks about all backward and deprived people.
Vishnu Jain, counsel for the petitioner, said that AIMIM is a party formed on religious grounds. Many such things like promoting Islamic education, in which votes are clearly sought in the name of religion. On this, the court said that many parties affect voters on the basis of religion or caste. But right now there is only a system in the law that a petition may be filed against the candidate seeking votes on religious grounds.
The petitioner’s counsel cited the decision of the Constitution Bench of seven judges of the Supreme Court in 2017. In that judgment, the court called the corrupt conduct under Section 123 (3) of the Representation of Representation Act to seek votes on the basis of religion, caste, sect or language. But the Supreme Court refused to interfere in the High Court’s decision. After this, the petitioner withdrew the petition.