The Opposition Congress has approached the Supreme Court against the cancellation of the Ponda assembly seat byelection in Goa, party leader Girish Chodankar said today.
Dr. Ketan Bhatikar, who was the Opposition party’s candidate for the Ponda assembly seat, has filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court to challenge the Bombay High Court’s order which cancelled the bypoll, Congress Working Committee member Chodankar told PTI.
The Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on April 8 quashed the Election Commission of India’s notification for the byelection, citing violation of the Representation of the People Act, as the legislature’s term is set to expire in less than a year.
Two registered voters in the constituency had moved the HC challenging the validity of the notification on the ground that less than one year of the current Goa legislative assembly’s term was left. The term will expire on March 14, 2027.
-PTI
