New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) filed against the dismissal of an election petition challenging the 2020 Assembly election victory of Manish Sisodia from the Patparganj constituency.

The matter came up before a Bench led by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia. During the hearing, the Chief Justice questioned the maintainability of the appeal, observing that election petitions are governed by the Representation of the People Act (RPA) and asking under what provision an LPA could be filed.

The Bench pointed out that if a party seeks to challenge an order passed in an election petition, the statutory appeal lies before the Supreme Court of India under Section ...