The returning officer in the Chandigarh Mayoral Polls, Anil Masih, on Friday tendered an unconditional apology before the Supreme Court for making a false statement that the ballots were invalid.
This comes after the order of the apex court came as it found that the Returning Officer had deliberately defaced eight ballots that were cast in favour of Kuldeep Kumar to make them invalid.
Congress candidates for the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the notification for election for February 27, stating that the entire process should start "afresh".
The elections for the Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation will be held on February 27 and will be presided over by Chandigarh Mayor Kuldeep Kumar.
A day after going all out against the Centre in light of the Supreme Court order, overturning the verdict of the Chandigarh mayoral polls and calling it in favour of the AAP, the party's national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday launched a blistering attack
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra quashed the decision by Returning Officer Anil Masih, who declared BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Sonkar as Chandigarh Mayor on January 30.
The national spokesperson of the Shiv Sena (UBT), Anand Dubey, has called upon the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India, urging them to replicate the justice in Maharashtra that was demonstrated in the recent verdict of Chandigarh Mayor polls.
Welcoming the Supreme Court judgement in the Chandigarh mayor polls declaring Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Kuldeep Kumar as the winner of the elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the verdict is a major victory for the INDIA bloc adding that BJP can be d
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "dirty election manipulation and "institutional sabotage", Congress leaders on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court has saved democracy with its verdict in the Chandigarh Mayor election case
Hailing the Supreme Court verdict declaring the AAP Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillor Kuldeep Kumar as the winner of the Chandigarh Mayoral polls, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party got a good bashing by the top court adding that world's biggest party