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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 19389/2025, CM APPL. 80838/2025 & CM APPL.

80839/2025

DR. SANJAY TEWARI .....Petitioner

Through: Ms. Pinky Anand, Sr. Adv. with Mr.

Amit, Mr. Sandeep Malik, Mr. Samrat

Pasriccha, Ms. Nayoleeka Purty, Ms.

Adeti Salooja and Mr. Abhishek

Tripathy, Advs.

Mob: 9910727961

Email: samratpasriccha@gmail.com

versus

INDIAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND ORS. .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Adv. with Mr.

Krinesh Bapa, Mr. Gurupal Singh,

Mr.Pranjal Abrol, Mr. Moksha

Sharma and Mr. Ayan Das Gupta,

Advs. for R-1,4,5 & 6.

Email: gurupalgill26948@gmail.com

Mr. Govind Manoharan, Mr. Tenzing

N. Bhutia and Mr. Rithwik

Narayanan, Advs. for R-2 & 3.

Mob: 7348851569

Email:

tenzingnamgyal98@gmail.com

Mr. Amit George and Mr. Dushyant

Kishan Kaul, Advs. for R-7

Mob: 7610121414

Email: amitgeorge@outlook.com

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CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA

O R D E R

% 22.12.2025

CM APPL. 80839/2025 (For Exemption)

1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. Application is accordingly disposed of.

W.P.(C) 19389/2025 & CM APPL. 80838/2025

3. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, a life

member of the Indian Sociological Society (“ISS”), and a Senior Academic,

challenging the action of the respondents in withholding declaration of the

ISS Elections 2025 results, after conclusion of polling and public display of

results, and thereafter, cancelling the petitioner’s candidature debarring him

from contesting elections for ten years, and removing him from an elected

academic office.

4. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the

ISS Elections 2025 were conducted through online voting system operated

by a private vendor appointed by the ISS. The Polling had commenced on

12^th November, 2025 and concluded on 19^th November, 2025. During the

subsistence of polling, technical anomalies which permitted repeated access

to the ballot without confirmation E-mails were noticed by several life

members of the said society. Thus, the petitioner reported these anomalies to

the Election Commission and the vendor.

5. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner has drawn the

attention of this Court to the Annexure P-3, i.e., E-mail dated 12th

November, 2025, written by the petitioner, bringing out the various

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anomalies. To this, reply was received on the same date, i.e., 12^th November,

2025, wherein, it was stated that the said issue was taken care of. Attention

of this Court has also been drawn to the Annexure P-8, which is a letter

dated 14^th November, 2025, issued by the President and the Secretary of the

ISS, wherein, they have assured that all duplicated votes were nullified

automatically and only the first vote was considered valid, ensuring

compliance of the rules.

6. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner has also drawn

the attention of this Court to the notices attached as Annexure P-7, wherein,

on behalf of the ISS, it was stated in clear terms that the vote is safe and the

election is secured. Learned Senior Counsel also relies upon the notice dated

15th November, 2025, attached as Annexure P-10, and in particular, draws

the attention of this Court to the following paragraph:

“xxx xxx xxx

Duplicate Voting Attempts:

The system recorded multiple attempts to cast more than one vote

from the same user credentials. All duplicated votes were nullified

automatically and only the first vote was considered valid ensuring

compliance with rules.

xxx xxx xxx”

7. She submits that even if there was any attempt of duplicate voting,

t