Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: SC to consider AAP councillor’s plea for urgent hearing

The SC on Friday agreed to consider an AAP councillor’s request seeking urgent hearing of his plea challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that refused to grant any interim relief to the party seeking fresh mayoral polls in Chandigarh. Read further on Dynamite News:

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider an AAP councillor's request seeking urgent hearing of his plea challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that refused to grant any interim relief to the party seeking fresh mayoral polls in Chandigarh.

The matter was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for councillor Kuldeep Kumar, a candidate for the mayor's post.

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Singhvi submitted that the returning officer was caught on video smudging the ballots.