Скачать или смотреть Arvind kejriwal thanks Supreme Court for saving democracy.

The Supreme Court said on February 19 that the results of the controversial Chandigarh Mayoral election will be declared on the basis of the existing ballot papers instead of a fresh election.

The top court said it would peruse on February 20 the ballot papers and the video recording of the counting day.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the decision by Returning Officer (RO) Anil Masih (the Presiding Officer) to declare a BJP candidate as Chandigarh Mayor on January 30 and declared Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Kuldeep Kumar to be the winner of the mayoral polls instead [Kuldeep Kumar vs UT Chandigarh and ors].

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra passed the order after the Court rejected RO Masih's explanation on why he had declared the eight votes for AAP candidate to be invalid.

"The eight votes which were treated as invalid by making those markings ... counting the 8 votes for the petitioner (AAP candidate Kumar) will make him have 20 votes. We direct that the election result by the presiding officer is quashed. The AAP candidate is declared to be the winner of the Chandigarh mayoral polls," the Court ordered.

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