‘This is very strange’, says Supreme Court on uncontested election of 3,000 sarpanches in Punjab
The Supreme Court on Monday termed the fact that 3,000 out of 13,000 panchayat officials were elected unopposed in the recently held elections in Punjab. The court allowed disgruntled candidates to file election petitions. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar had earlier issued a notice on a petition alleging rejection … Read more