A magistrate court has declared as null and void the election of a JD(S) councillor to a local body here, after he did not rebut the petitioner's claims of possessing 500 kg ornaments despite having a BPL card.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Karnataka State Election Commission on an appeal filed by disqualified elected members of the Karnataka municipality, challenging an order of the Karnataka High Court, which dismissed their pleas against the state Election Commission over disqualification for not sharing details of election expenditure.
Disqualified elected members of the Karnataka municipality file an appeal in the Supreme Court, challenging an order of the Karnataka High Court, which dismissed their pleas against the state Election Commission over disqualification for not sharing details of election expenditure.
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The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by three former municipality members who had been disqualified for failing to lodge an account of how much they had spent on the election.