Published on : 21 Nov 2025, 11:14 am 3 min read

The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted interim relief to Kerala Congress and several other political parties by staying the Election Commission of India's (ECI) order that had removed them from the list of Registered Political Parties and added them to the list of Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (Delisted RUPPs) [ Kerala Congress (Skariah Thomas) v The Chief Electoral Officer & Secretary Election & anr and connected cases]

Justice VG Arun noted that Section 29A does not contain any provision empowering the ECI to cancel or delist a registered political party and emphasised on the Supreme Court's ruling in Indian National Congress (I) v Institute of Social Welfare and Others (2002) 5 SCC 685 , which had expres

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