​Hyderabad. 10 June 2026

​To
The Chief Election Commissioner
Election Commission of India
New Delhi

NOTICE FROM WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA URGING THE Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, New Delhi, TO IMMEDIATELY ANNUL THE CANCELLATION ORDER AGAINST MEENAKSHI NATARAJAN AND ACCEPT HER NOMINATION FOR RAJYA SABHA MP SEAT FROM MADHYA PRADESH STATE, NOW

Sub: Ms Meenakshi Natarajan's Nomination for Rajya Sabha fielded by Indian National Congress from Madhya Pradesh 
​Ref: 1- https://www.snrlaw.in/summons-to-an-accused-in-a-criminal-case-not-to-be-issued-in-a-mechanical-manner/
​2- https://x.com/INCIndia/status/2064618282339176808
​3- https://hccc.dcourts.gov.in/case-status-search-by-petitioner-respondent/

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​1-   We urge you to undo the grave injustice to electoral democracy perse and to the candidature of Ms Meenakshi Natarajan, the INC candidate for Rajya Sabha MP election, and prevail upon the Returning Officer , Madhya Pradesh, and give proof to the country that ECI stands by rule of law and natural principles of justice.

    The act of the Returning Officer in issuing Cancellation Order of Ms Meenakshi's nomination seems without application of mind, and an act not in good faith, with motivations not arising of duty.

2-   Refer to 3rd cited, wherein an online search would have revealed to the Returning Officer and  to your ECI Office that there are no criminal cases pending against Ms Meenakshi.

   Find below the screen shot from the official website of the Hyderabad Nampally Criminal Courts, wherein online search is conducted in many forms including Ms Meenakshi's name as respondent for any criminal case whether pending or disposed.  The result thrown up is 'No Records Found'. Thus it implies that the private petition was still at scrutiny level.  How can a criminal case against the candidate Ms Meenakshi be made out of this by the Returning Officer? 

3-   Further, refer to 1 cited, wherein, Supreme Court of India has expressed displeasure at private complaints being registered and summons being issued in a mechanical manner in   the Delhi Race Club (1940) Ltd. and Others v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another, case.

'The decision in Delhi Race Club acknowledges that calling a person to appear in a criminal court as an accused is a matter affecting one’s dignity, self-respect and image in society and should not be used as a weapon of harassment. Summoning an accused in a criminal case is a serious matter. Criminal law cannot be set into motion as a matter of course. A magistrate is not required to act on a complaint simply because such complaint is filed before him. Before summons are issued to any accused, a magistrate is required to carefully scrutinize the evidence placed by the complainant, and if required question the complainant and the witness(es) to find out the truthfulness of the allegations and examine if any offence is prima facie committed.'

​4-   An S.R. (Scrutiny Register or Suit Register) stage is not a full-fledged trial. It is merely the initial filing and checking stage. The court checks if the paperwork has errors before officially registering it as a formal case.  Its a pre-summoning hearing where the Magistrate reviews evidence to decide if the case is real and worth pursuing.

5-   It seems  evident that in spite of full knowledge of the S.R. status of the summons issued where no criminal case can be  made out, the Returning Officer decides arbitrarily and thus undemocratically and malafidely to cancel the nomination of Ms Meenakshi.  

6-    We the undersigned demand that the ultra vires cancellation orders be annulled by you the Chief Election Officer, of the Election Commission of India and restore justice and electoral democracy, by accepting the nomination filed by Ms Meenakshi Natarajan candidate set up by Indian National Congress, now.

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1-  Adv Dr Lubna Sarwath, Indian National Congress, Hyderabad , 
​2-  Adv Syed Taraq Quadri, ex-Member, AP Minorities Commission, Hyderabad.
3-   Er Natesh Dravidian, Congress Seva Dal, Hyderabad                                                                                                                       4-  Sahebzadi Raheemunnisa, Social Activist, Hyderabad