BRS’s Maganti Sunitha Moves High Court to Void Naveen Yadav’s Jubilee Hills Bypoll Victory

Overview

• Maganti Sunitha has filed an election petition in the Telangana High Court seeking to set aside Congress MLA Naveen Yadav’s bypoll win in Jubilee Hills.
• The plea alleges that Yadav failed to furnish and publish full details of criminal antecedents as mandated by Form 26 and statutory disclosure rules, including seven FIRs cited in the filing.
• The petition invokes the Representation of the People Act, the Conduct of Election Rules, Election Commission guidelines, and Supreme Court rulings linking disclosure to voters’ right to information.
• Sunitha contends the returning officer wrongly accepted Yadav’s nomination and accuses bypoll officials of not providing certified copies and electronic records despite applications on November 19 and December 24.
• The case is at the scrutiny stage and is expected to be listed before a single judge, following a bypoll in which 58 candidates contested and Yadav won by 24,729 votes.