Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal on grounds of giving "communal speeches" after neither the petitioner nor his counsel appeared in the case despite getting repeated opportunities.
A single bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat dismissed the plea on December 12 and also cited two previous cases in which the issue raised in the application had been settled. In view of aforesaid, since petitioner is not appearing despite repeated opportunities being granted to him, therefore, an election petition is dismissed for want of prosecution," said the Judge.
The HC noted the petitioner's counsel also did not appear in the court to argue in favour of the plea. None appeared for the petitioner on 11.10.2022, 23.11.2022, and on 29.11.2022. Despite the circular of cause list and knowledge of the listing, counsel for the petitioner is not appearing in the case. Repeated opportunities were granted to the petitioner to argue the case on a preliminary issue," according to the court order.
