In relief for AAP, High Court restores 20 disqualified MLAs
New Delhi: In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court on Friday restored the legislatorship of 20 ruling party MLAs who were disqualified for holding offices-of-profit.
Setting aside the Election Commission recommendation disqualifying the MLAs, the court quashed the January 20 presidential order and referred the case back to the poll panel for a fresh hearing.
A division bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Chander Shekhar said the January 19 poll panel recommendation given to the President "is vitiated and bad in law for failure to comply with principles of natural justice".
It said there was a "violation of natural justice and no oral hearing was given to the AAP MLAs before disqualifying them as legislators".
The court had reserved its judgment on February 28 after the MLAs and the Election Commission concluded their arguments.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal described it as a victory for truth.
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Unidentified men fire at Congress candidate Gurjeet Aujila’s rally in Amritsar
Amritsar: Unidentified individuals opened fire at the youth who were on their way to the rally for Gurjeet Singh Aujila, the Congress candidate for Amritsar parliamentary constituency, at Ajnala on Saturday afternoon. One youth was injured in the firing, reported Amar Ujala.
The miscreants reportedly fled the scene after the incident, taking advantage of the huge gathering. Meanwhile, Aujila has alleged the role of AAP leader Kuldeep Dhaliwali’s relatives in the firing incident. Local police have visited the scene and an investigation is in progress.
