EC stays disqualification of Palakkad municipal councillor Prasobh Valsan
Municipality had issued a notice in June, which cited his absence from three consecutive municipal council meetings as grounds for ending his membership.
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Municipality had issued a notice in June, which cited his absence from three consecutive municipal council meetings as grounds for ending his membership.
The application has asked the court to direct the EC to frame an appropriate mechanism for restoration/inclusion of deleted voters without forcing them to apply as first-time voters
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The rival factions have four weeks to complete pleadings before the poll panel, which must then decide the matter within three months.
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