The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging a circular issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) banning coters from carrying mobile

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday said there was no “illegality” in the circular issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) prohibiting the use of mobile phones at polling booths in the upcoming state assembly elections.

Bombay HC dismisses PIL against mobile phone ban at Maharashtra polling booths, upholding ECI's decision for smooth election process.

The Bombay High Court upheld the Election Commission of India's decision to prohibit mobile phones at polling booths in the Maharashtra assembly elections. Dismissing a petition by lawyer Ujala Yadav,

The Bombay High Court has refused to provide relief in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) that prohibited voters from

The petitioner argued in the Bombay HC that the mobile phone ban violates an Information Technology Act rule that said documents in DigiLocker should be treated on par with original ones.

A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar dismissed a public interest litigation filed by city-based lawyer Ujala Yadav against the ban on mobile phones at polling booths.

The PIL had urged the HC to direct the ECI and the State Election Commission to allow voters to carry phones and to show their identity proof through the DigiLocker app introduced by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.