MIC will apply for judicial review against the Election Commission’s disqualification of its vice-president C Sivarraajh from contesting and voting in elections for the next five years.

According to MIC president SA Vigneswaran, the EC used its "own interpretation" of the Election Court ruling that corrupt practices had led to Sivarraajh's 14th general election victory in the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat.

“What we feel is the judge did not name Sivarraajh or any person under Section 37 of the Election Offences Act 1954...