DMK decides to face fresh poll in 99 civic wards

Last week, the Division Bench gave a split verdict. One judge ordered re-poll in 99 wards while the other dismissed all petitions against the elections, ruling that there was a constitutional bar against entertaining such pleas after the poll process had begun. While Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla had described the violent incidents as 8220;an extraordinary situation warranting an extraordinary remedy,8221; Justice S J Mukhopadhyaya did not go into the merits of the case, dismissing all the writ petitions saying Article 243ZG of the Constitution barred public interest litigation in poll matters.