Barjinder Singh vs. Nachhatar Pal

COURT NO.5

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 16577/2024

(Arising out of impugned judgment and order dated 12-07-2024 in EP 1/2022 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at No. Chandigarh)

BARJINDER SINGH

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

NACHHATAR PAL

Respondent $(s)$

(IA No.163512/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

Date: 05-08-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Arya Hardik, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Surana, Adv. Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv. Mr. Naveen Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Karan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ashish Choudhury, AOR

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

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$1$ Heard Mr. Arya Hardik, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner.

$2.$ This is the second attempt by the election petitioner to seek a direction from this Court for quick disposal of the election petition filed by the petitioner, which is pending in the High Signa De Not Terrift Earlier, when the petitioner filed the SLP (Civil) No. 3653 Titr09 2024, this Court on 19.02.2024 had declined to stipulate any time frame for disposal of the election petition by the High Court.

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Notwithstanding the above, another Special Leave Petition is filed containing similar prayer.

3. Such a second petition in our understanding is entirely misconceived. The Special Leave Petition is accordingly dismissed imposing a cost of Rs.50,000/- against the petitioner. The cost amount be remitted to Supreme Court Legal Services Committee within four weeks from today.

4. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.

(NITIN TALREJA) (KAMLESH RAWAT) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR