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Meenakshi Natarajan v. Election Commission of India (2026): Article 329(b) bars the writ court from the election process

A vacation bench of the Supreme Court dismissed Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's Article 32 challenge to the rejection of her Rajya Sabha nomination. The Court held that Article 329(b) insulates an ongoing election from writ intervention — however glaring the alleged illegality, the only remedy lies in an election petition once the poll is over.