Election Code violation : HC quashes case against Janardhana Poojary
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the trial from the lower court against violation of election code of conduct during the last Lok Sabha election.
Janardhana Poojary has filed a petition before the High Court requesting to quash the case against him. Upholding the petition, the Single Judge Bench led by Justice PS Dinesh Kumar quashed the case registered at Mangaluru North police station and the trial from the 2nd Additional JMFC Court.
Poojary had contested from Mangaluru Lok Sabha constituency in the 2014 LS poll. After filing his nomination papers on March 26, 2014, Poojary held a press conference at the party office and thus violated the election code of conduct, according GV Rajashekar who registered a case at the Mangaluru North police station under Public Representatives Act and under various sections of the IPC.
Based on the complaint, the police filed an FIR and investigated and submitted the charge sheet to the lower court. Hearing the case, the court had issued a summons on October 1, 2015 and asked him to attend the court. In turn, Poojary had filed a petition before the High Court in 2015 appealing to quash the summons issued by the lower court and the case against him. Accepting the case for hearing, the High Court has quashed the election code violation case against Janardhan Poojary.
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Hemant Soren to take oath as 14th CM of Jharkhand on Thursday
Ranchi (PTI): Hemant Soren is set to take oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand in a grand ceremony here on Thursday, which will be attended by several top political leaders, including AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Soren at 4 pm.
This will be the 49-year-old JMM leader's fourth stint as chief minister.
Soren retained the Barhait seat, defeating BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes in the recent assembly polls. The JMM-led alliance stormed to victory, securing 56 seats in the 81-member assembly, while the BJP-led NDA managed 24 seats.
Posters for the event can be seen across the city, while security has been strengthened and traffic regulations put in place.
Schools in Ranchi city are shut on Thursday in view of the swearing in of the Hemant Soren government.
Jharkhand in-charge and Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir said Soren is likely to take oath alone, and expansion of the cabinet will be held after a vote of confidence in the assembly.
Other senior political leaders likely to be in attendance are NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, a JMM leader said.
CPI(ML)L general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav are also likely to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
"It’s heartening to have such esteemed leaders join us for this important occasion," said Soren, who along with senior officials paid a visit to the Morabadi ground on Wednesday evening to take stock of the arrangements.
