Jharkhand HC refuses stay on order to conduct municipal elections within three weeks
THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Advertisement Ranchi, April 8: The division bench of the Jharkhand High Court has refused to stay the…
THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Ranchi, April 8: The division bench of the Jharkhand High Court has refused to stay the order of the single bench, which had directed the state government to announce municipal elections within three weeks.
Justice Ananda Sen’s court had passed this order on January 4 in this matter. The state government had approached the division bench against this order.
The present councillors, including councillor Roshni Khalkho, had knocked on the doors of the High Court demanding early elections for municipal bodies.
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The hearing of this case will now take place two weeks later.
Justice S. Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar heard the case on this bench.
Additional Advocate General Sachin Kumar appeared on behalf of the state government. Meanwhile, advocate Vinod Singh argued on behalf of the present councillors.
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