In 2025 verdict, Supreme Court had warned of delimitation ‘destabilising uniform electoral framework’

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The tribunal  has held that it could surely  intervene if the delimitation was recovered  to beryllium  “manifestly arbitrary and irreconcilable to law  values”. File

The tribunal has held that it could surely intervene if the delimitation was recovered to beryllium “manifestly arbitrary and irreconcilable to law values”. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Supreme Court successful 2025 had said that the delimitation exercise conducted earlier the post-2026 census information indispensable not “destabilise the azygous electoral framework” envisaged by the Constitution and blur the wide demarcation betwixt law medicine and governmental discretion.

The tribunal was dealing with a plea successful the K. Purushottam Reddy case for the behaviour of delimitation and re-adjustment of Legislative Assembly seats successful Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The petitioner had argued that by conducting delimitation of constituencies successful the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir successful 2022, the Centre was discriminating against the 2 States. The plea had sought parity.

Published - April 16, 2026 11:10 americium IST

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