The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear AAP MPs’ plea on Monday against a Punjab and Haryana High Court order refusing to provide any interim relief to the party seeking a new mayoral election in Chandigarh. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is likely to hear the matter.

The case was raised by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi when councilor Kuldeep Kumar, a candidate for the mayoral post, appeared in court on Friday seeking an urgent hearing. The Bharatiya Janata Party surged to victory in the Chandigarh mayoral polls, retaining all three posts, a setback for the Congress-BJP alliance which alleged that presiding officials had tampered with votes.

A bench of Justices Sudhir Singh and Harsh Bunger of the High Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which claimed that the votes had been tampered with and sought a resolution in The new poll will be conducted under the supervision of a retired judge. court. The high court issued notices to the Chandigarh administration, the municipal corporation, presiding judge Anil Masih and newly elected mayor Manoj Sonkar, among others, asking them to submit their replies within three weeks.

AAP MP Kumar moved the Supreme Court three weeks later against the interim relief and dismissal of the plea list. The High Court adjourned the case until February 26. According to the plea filed in the high court, the AAP candidate has sought directions to hold fresh polls in a free and fair manner under the supervision of a retired judge to ensure “no fraud”. The plea was filed because “the election was not conducted in a free and fair manner and there were serious irregularities in the counting of votes, tampering with the votes and then declaring them invalid in favor of the BJP and against the RSS,” the plea said. AAP and Congress alliance”.

The petitioners are asking for an independent investigation into the “entire fraud” that occurred during the election. The petitioner also asked the defendants to seal, preserve and submit to the High Court the entire election process, including the ballot record and election process as well as the video footage taken on Tuesday. The petitioner also sought directions to restrain the newly elected mayor from discharging his duties as the entire electoral process was allegedly “marred by fraud”. The Congress and AAP had predicted an easy victory for their alliance in the 35-member Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, viewing it as an early test for India’s opposition bloc ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

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