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Punjab And Haryana High Court Warns Of Rs50K Cost On Officer If Direction To Initiate Punjab Municipal Polls Is Not Compiled In 10 Days
The Daily Guardian
|November 08, 2024
The Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case Beant Kumar Alias Beant Kinger Versus Raj Kamal Chaudhuri And Others observed and has imposed the cost for an amount of Rs.50,000 if direction to initiate the process of holding elections by notifying election programmes in all the Municipalities and Municipal Corporations in Punjab is not complied.
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On October 14, the court in the case issued a writ of mandamus to the Punjab's State Election Commission and Punjab Government to initiate the process of holding Municipal elections, within the period of 15 days from the without conducting the fresh exercise of delimitation.
The 42 municipal councils and nagar panchayats are awaiting elections.
This story is from the November 08, 2024 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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