Kuldeep Kumar vs U. T. Chandigarh - 2024 Supreme(SC) 149

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2024 Supreme(SC) 149

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J B PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Kuldeep Kumar – Appellant
Versus
U. T. Chandigarh – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For Petitioner(s) Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gurminder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, Adv. Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Seem, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Babbar, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. M. Shaz Khan, Adv. Mr. Adnan Yousuf, Adv. Mr. Ramanpreet Bara, Adv. Mr. Ferry Sofat, Adv. Mr. R.P.S. Bara, Adv. Mr. Karamanbir Singh, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR Mr. Prateek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. T. Illayarasu, Adv. Ms. Ashita Chawla, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Adv. Mr. Amarpal Singh Dua, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Adundhamauli Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B., Adv. Mr. Mutu Thangadurai, Adv. Ms. Misha Rohatgi, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI.

1. Leave granted.

2. The present appeal arises from an interim order of a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana¹[“High Court”] dated 31 January 2024. The order impugned originates in a writ petition alleging electoral malpractices by the presiding officer who conducted the election to the post of Mayor at the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The High Court issued notice and listed the petition after three weeks, but it declined to stay the result of the election or grant any other interim relief. The appellant approached this Court assailing the Order and raised serious allegations about the sanctity of the election. With the course the proceedings have taken, this judgment will result in a final order on the writ petition before the High Court.

3. Section 38 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976²[“Act”], extended to the Union Territory of Chandigarh by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1994³[Act No 45 of 1994], provides that the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation shall, at its first meeting in each year, elect one of its elected members to be the Mayor of the Corporation. Section 60(a) of t

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2024 Supreme(SC) 149

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J B PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRAKuldeep Kumar – AppellantVersusU. T. Chandigarh – Respondent

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J B PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Kuldeep Kumar – Appellant
Versus
U. T. Chandigarh – Respondent