In Brief
A resident of Gujarat challenged the delimitation of Bardoli Legislative Assembly Constituency as a Scheduled Caste constituency, but the High Court dismissed his petition citing Article 329, which bars court interference in electoral matters. The Supreme Court clarified that while Article 329 restricts judicial scrutiny of delimitation, it does not impose a complete bar on review. Courts can exercise limited judicial review to check for manifest arbitrariness or unconstitutionality, though once delimitation orders are published in the Gazette, they become final to prevent election delays. The Court partly allowed the appeal, setting aside the blanket bar to challenge but dismissing the specific grievance regarding the 2006 delimitation in light of subsequent events.
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