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The first challenge in altering the tenure of the Lok Sabha or state Assembly to allow simultaneous polls is the constitutionally fixed limit of a five-year term.
The petitioner Meenakshi Menon, a media and marketing professional and a founder trustee of NGO Vanshakti, has claimed that this provision was used by politicians for group defections and voters are betrayed because of such unabated group defections.
The petitioner claimed that this provision was used by politiicans for group defections and voters are betrayed because of such unabated defections
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking that a paragraph providing for the "split and merger" of political parties in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution be declared as illegal and ultra vires and in contravention of its basic structure.