Supreme Court Dismisses Uttarakhand State Election Commission Plea Supporting Candidates With Dual Entries In Voter List; Imposes Rs.2 Lakhs Cost

The Supreme Court today dismissed the Uttarakhand State Election Commission's challenge to a High Court order which stayed its clarificatory circular allowing candidates with names in multiple electoral rolls to contest panchayat elections. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order and imposed a cost of Rs.2 lakhs on the SEC. "How can you decide contrary to the...