Arif Lalan Khan S/O Lalankhan Alias ... vs Dilip Bhausaheb Lande

ik-154696669 Bombay High Court 7 March 2026 • 55 min read

Judges (1)

Somasekhar Sundaresan Delivered

Counsel (12)

SHS Chambers Firm Arun Panickar Counsel Respondent Ayush Yadav Counsel Respondent Bipin Joshi Counsel Petitioner Naira Jejeebhoy Counsel Respondent Ninad Thikekar Counsel Respondent R. D. Soni Counsel Petitioner Sakshi Agarwal Counsel Petitioner Shardul Singh Counsel Respondent Tanmay Pawar Counsel Respondent Vinay Nair Counsel Respondent Virendra Tulzapurkar Counsel Petitioner

Parties (2)

Dilip Bhausaheb Lande Respondent Md. Arif Lalan Khan Petitioner

Case Significance

Arif Lalan Khan S/O Lalankhan Alias ... vs Dilip Bhausaheb Lande is a Bombay High Court decision dated March 7, 2026 (citation: ik-154696669). Md. Arif Lalan Khan filed an election petition challenging the victory of Dilip Lande from the Chandivali Assembly Constituency in the November 2024 Maharashtra elections, alleging violation of Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act due to a visit by a political figure to the constituency. The Court found that while the petition alleged a Section 126 violation, it failed to plead how such violation materially affected the electoral outcome as required under Sections 100(1)(b) and The case was heard by Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan.

Summary

Md. Arif Lalan Khan filed an election petition challenging the victory of Dilip Lande from the Chandivali Assembly Constituency in the November 2024 Maharashtra elections, alleging violation of Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act due to a visit by a political figure to the constituency. The Court found that while the petition alleged a Section 126 violation, it failed to plead how such violation materially affected the electoral outcome as required under Sections 100(1)(b) and 100(1)(d)(iv). The rejection petition was allowed and the election petition was dismissed, while clarifying that EVM audit and criminal proceedings related to the alleged Section 126 violation could proceed independently.

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Md. Arif Lalan Khan filed an election petition challenging the victory of Dilip Lande from the Chandivali Assembly Constituency in the November 2024 Maharashtra elections, alleging violation of Sectio...

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