Court's big decision on a petition to cancel Karnal by-election…
The way for the by-election (Karnal bypoll) for Karnal assembly seat has now been cleared. The Punjab-Haryana high court on wednesday rejected the petition in which the election Commission's notification was sought to be canceled. The election-related notification was issued on 16 March. In the notification, a by-election has been announced for Karnal assembly seat. This seat has become vacant due to the resignation of two-time former haryana cm Manohar Lal Khattar. manohar lal khattar is trying to enter central politics through lok sabha elections. bjp has fielded a candidate from Karnal lok sabha seat. Whereas on the Karnal assembly seat, bjp has nominated cm Nayab Singh Saini, who is currently the mp from Kurukshetra.
By-election on 25 May
The division bench of Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Harsh Bangar had reserved its decision on the petition on Tuesday. On which the decision came on Wednesday. Along with voting on 10 lok sabha seats in the state, by-election will also be held on Karnal assembly seat on May 25.
Elections were canceled in Akola on this argument
Let us tell you that earlier the by-elections for the Akola assembly seat of maharashtra were cancelled. In the petition related to this, the petitioner had argued that after winning the elections, the new representative will get less than four months because assembly elections are to be held in maharashtra this year. bombay high court had given orders while hearing the petition. After the court order, the election commission had decided not to hold elections.
Reference was made to the order of the bombay High Court
At the same time, in the Karnal case, the decision of the bombay high court was cited in the petition. It was also said that it is written in the Representation of the people Act that if there is less than a year left for the tenure of the assembly to end, then elections cannot be held.
