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›Manipur High Court held election of Okram Henry Singh as a member of the state assembly null and void
Manipur High Court held election of Okram Henry Singh as a member of the state assembly null and void
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Manipur High Court held election of Okram Henry Singh as a member of the state assembly null and voidBy
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Justice MV Muralidaran also declared that Yumkham Erabot Singh, who was defeated by Henry, duly elected from the Wangkhei constituency.
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The High Court of Manipur has declared the election of Okram Henry Singh as a member of the state assembly as null and void.
HC voids election of Manipur legislator The single-judge bench also declared that the petitioner is duly elected as a member of 15-Wangkhei Assembly Constituency
High Court of Manipur on Thursday declared the election of former Congress legislator Okram Henry Singh from Wangkhei under Imphal East district in the 2017 Assembly polls null and void for concealment of personal details in his election affidavit.
The single-judge bench of Justice M.V. Muralidaran not only ruled in favour of petitioner Y. Erabot Singh of the BJP but also “declared that the petitioner is duly elected as a member of 15-Wangkhei Assembly Constituency”.
Henry had won the polls on a Congress ticket by bagging 16,753 votes to Erabot’s 12,417.