LUCKNOW, Oct. 23 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday disposed of a petition seeking continuous videography at polling stations during the Uttar Pradesh legislative council election from the Lucknow division graduates' constituency after the Election Commission of India (ECI) assured the court that the exercise would be conducted in accordance with its handbook for returning officers. A division bench of Justices Alok Mathur and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary disposed of the petition in view of the assurance given on behalf of the respondents. The petitioner, Shailendra Singh, submitted that he was contesting the election from the Lucknow division graduates' constituency as an independent candidate. His name appears at serial number 13 in the list of contesting candidates issued by the returning officer in Form 7B on October 9, 2026. He approached the court seeking greater transparency in the conduct of the election. Senior counsel appearing for the ECI, acting on instructions from the chief electoral officer, submitted that arrangements had already been made to comply with Paragraph 49 of the handbook for returning officers and that videography would be conducted in accordance with its provisions. Recording the statement, the bench disposed of the writ petition in terms of the assurance given on behalf of the respondents....