Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Friday struggled Satalacasana Pancayat’s selection and was ordered to hold a new election in four weeks after a Panchayat member from the Congress Party was arrested a few minutes in front of the poll after registration of FIR in eight years old case.
Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice V D Navisati annoyed with the arrest of Panchayat members Vasantbhai Joshi on March 17 from outside the Panchayat building, where he went to vote.
Congress has eight members and BJP has a power of seven and there is one independent member at Taluka Panchayat.
FIR was submitted by the former Cooperative Milk Chair on March 16 because the alleged funds by Joshi in 2012.
Because Joshi could not give His voice, BJP won the election.
HC said that this was a dirty abuse of power.
In this case, the High Court said, “Today, if we close your eyes to what has been brought to our notification, tomorrow, the same can be repeated with impunity.
We do not want such actions in total challenging the procedural requirements of the democratic process Election to trigger.
In the end, ‘law rules’ must win.
“To regulate things correctly, the judges continue to say,” The powers of justice do not lie in the cases that decide, or in imposing sentences, or in punishing because of insults, but in trust, confidence and faith.
We do not want ordinary people to lose faith and trust in the court but we must instill confidence and faith by condemning actions and helping them properly.
“Furthermore said,” Thus, the sound casting decided The fate of a country, as far as the verdict is entrusted in the hands of a set of people in whose hands, on G Ilirannya basic features of the constitution, namely protection of democratic arrangements is finally invested.
“In the rejection of the opportunity to choose Joshi with the pretext of his arrest, HC said,” …
violations of such rights will certainly call for the intervention of this court in running extraordinary jurisdiction under the constitution.
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Arrest of Pancrayat Members: GUJ HC ordered a new poll
