The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has quashed a State Election Commission order deferring the election of the Chairman of the Khatushyamji Municipal Board after one of 20 elected members did not vote, holding that a poll cannot be postponed for one voter’s absence, and has directed counting of the 19 votes cast on September 21.
Calcutta High Court allowed TMC’s Jahangir Khan to contest the Falta re-poll, stressing, “Let the democratic spirit be upheld.” The court noted shifting political circumstances and permitted investigation while directing him to cooperate without coercive action until May.
