P&H: Upholds disqualification of election candidate for failure to file complete expense account with 30 days
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Gurcharan Singh Sangha, who challenged his disqualification from contesting elections for three years over failure to submit a complete account of election expenses after the 2022 Punjab Assembly election from Faridkot.
Sangha had argued that he had visited the District Election Officer’s office multiple times to submit diesel bills, but the office remained closed on those dates. He also claimed that he had informed the authorities, sent photographs of the closed office, and later submitted the bills within time. He further said that he could not reply...
