IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PIL PIL PIL WRIT PETITION NO. 2448 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 2448 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 2448 OF 2004 Prashant R. Uchil. ] .. Petitioner Versus 1. The Union of India & Anr. ] .. Respondents Mr. P.R. Uchil - petitioner in person. Mr. Rajiv Chavan with Ms. Rutuja Ambekar for the respondent No.1. Ms. Beena Chavan i/b Ms. Rekha Rajgopal for respondent No.2. CORAM: R.M. LODHA & A.S. BAGGA, JJ. DATED: 28TH JUNE, 2006 P.C. : . Heard Mr. Prashant R. Uchil, the petitioner in person. 2. The petitioner has raised the grievance relating to the voting by the electronic voting machines. According to him, the process employed by the Election Commission enables the candidate to know as to how many votes were polled from a particular locality or area and after a candidate is elected, when he finds that a particular area or locality did not vote for him, : 2 : he tends to be biased and against that area. 3. The grievance of the petitioner is wholly misconceived, unfounded and devoid of any basis. The process is not violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. 4. Writ Petition is dismissed in limine. Sd/- [R.M. [R.M. [R.M. LODHA, J.] LODHA, J.] LODHA, J.] Sd/- [A.S. [A.S. [A.S. BAGGA, J.] BAGGA, J.] BAGGA, J.]