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Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana heard the case regarding the municipal elections to be held in Punjab. During this, the government lawyer in the court said that the election program will be released on 8 December. However, the High Court has given two weeks time to the Election Commission. This case was filed in the court by Beant Singh. Earlier also he had reached the court regarding this matter.
A long battle was fought over the elections of 5 municipal corporations and 43 municipal councils in Punjab. This battle went from Punjab and Haryana High Court to Supreme Court. On November 11, in this case, the Supreme Court had asked the Punjab government to conduct elections in a total of 10 weeks. The apex court had ordered the notification of elections in 15 days and the completion of the election process in the next 8 weeks.
The order given by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 6 was challenged in the Supreme Court by the state government. In that order, the High Court had issued a notice of contempt to the Punjab government and ordered it to issue the election notification within 10 days.
It was also said that if they do not do so, they will be fined Rs 50,000 and a contempt case will be filed. On November 21, the government told the High Court that the election notification will be issued by November 25. After this, the High Court disposed of the case.
