Respondent in Election Petition Cannot Be Made Petitioner Over Alleged Collusion Between Election Petitioner and Winning Candidate: Karnataka High Court

Karnataka High Court recently delivered a significant ruling on the issue of transposition in election petitions, clarifying that a respondent in such petitions cannot seek to be transposed as a petitioner. The judgment, passed by Justice Suraj Govindaraj, addressed the petition filed by Kudleepa Chittaragi, who had challenged the order of the trial court rejecting his application for transposition under Order 1 Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure…