'What Kind Of Petition!' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Re-Election In 20 Haryana Assembly Seats

The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 17) dismissed a petition seeking re-election in 20 assembly seats in Haryana.

"What kind of petitions are these?", Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud expressed surprise at the matter before dismissing it.

When the petitioner mentioned the matter for urgent listing this morning, CJI took exception to the prayers sought in the petition. "You want an elected govt to be restrained from taking the oath? We are putting you on guard...we will dismiss the matter with costs," CJI warned the petitioner's counsel. After the counsel insisted that he wanted to argue the matter, CJI said that it would be taken today itself and asked him to circulate the papers.

Later, the bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra took the matter after the marital rape case hearing, shortly before the bench was about to rise at 4 PM.

The counsel submitted that he was seeking re-election in 20 Vidhan Sabha seats because of inaccuracies in the Electronic Voting Machines. He said that the Congress party has given a representation to the Election Commission raising these concerns.

"Taken on board and dismissed," CJI ordered after disapproving of the nature of the reliefs in the petition.

In the recently held assembly elections in Haryana, the results of which were declared on October 8, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the winner. BJP leader Naib Singh Saini is taking oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana today.

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