High Court disqualifies JDS MLA for electoral malpractice, suspends order for one month to allow appeal

 

MLA from Tumakuru Rural constituency in Karnataka D C Gowrishankar Swamy was disqualified by the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday in a case relating to alleged electoral malpractice.

The Court, however, kept the disqualification in suspension for one month, allowing Swamy to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.

A single-judge bench of the high court was delivering its verdict on a petition filed by defeated BJP candidate B Suresh Gowda, which alleged electoral malpractice by Swamy for distributing fake insurance bonds to voters during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election.

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