India News | Highlights of SC Verdict in Chandigarh Mayoral Poll Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Following are the highlights of the judgement of the Supreme Court which on Tuesday declared defeated AAP-Congress alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar as mayor of Chandigarh.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Following are the highlights of the judgement of the Supreme Court which on Tuesday declared defeated AAP-Congress alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar as mayor of Chandigarh.
* SC sets aside election result which declared Manoj Sonkar of BJP as mayor.
* SC orders prosecution of returning officer Anil Masih for allegedly making a false statement before the court.
* SC says the result declared by the returning officer, a nominated councillor, was clearly contrary to the law.
* SC says it is duty-bound to ensure that the process of electoral democracy is not allowed to be thwarted by such subterfuges.
* SC says court must step in exceptional situations to ensure that the basic mandate of electoral democracy, albeit at the local participatory level, is preserved.
* SC says that in eight ballot papers, which were invalidated by Masih, the votes were duly cast in favour of Kumar.
* SC says Masih had evidently put his mark on these eight ballot papers for the purpose of creating a ground for treating them as invalidly cast.
* SC directs the registrar (judicial) of the apex court to issue a notice to Masih to show cause as to why proceedings should not be initiated against him under section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for allegedly making a false statement before the court.
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