SC quashes summoning orders issued by Hoshiarpur court against Sukhbir Singh Badal, others
PTC News Desk: In a major relief to Shiromani Akali Dal, Supreme Court has quashed summoning order issued by Hoshiarpur court against Sukhbir Singh Badal, Parkash Singh Badal and others in the alleged case of forgery and cheating filed against them, in the controversy over the dual constitution of Shiromani Akali Dal.
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The information of relief to Badal’s was shared by Advocate Arshdeep Singh Kler, President Legal Cell Akali Dal.
"We quash and set the impugned order including trial court summons," the top court said.
The court allowed the appeal filed by Sukhbir Singh Badal, Parkash Singh Badal and Daljit Singh Cheema, challenging the proceedings pending before Punjab's Hoshiarpur Court in the alleged case of forgery and cheating filed against them, in the controversy over the dual constitution of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
A bench headed by Justice MR Shah has earlier kept its order reserved after hearing the submission of all the parties connected to the matter.
Notably, earlier Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal and Daljeet Singh Cheema have filed a plea in SC in a matter relating to the complaint filed by Hoshiarpur resident Balwant Singh Khera.
Back in 2009, Balwant Singh Khera had filed a criminal complaint against Badals.
According to the said complaint, SAD was accused of submitting two different constitutions, that is, one with the Gurdwara Election Commission (GEC) and the second with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to seek recognition as a political party.
KV Vishwanathan, Senior Advocate appeared for Prakash Singh Badal. RS Cheema, Senior advocate appeared for Sukhbir Singh Badal. Sandeep Kapur, Advocate appeared for Daljit Singh Cheema. Advocates Prashant Bhushan and Indira Unninayar appeared for Balwant Singh Khera.
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The petitions were filed by Karanjawala and Co. Advocates and the brief was led by Nandini Gore and Sandeep Kapur, Senior Partners along with Virinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Aditi Bhatt, Tarannum Cheema, Tahira Karanjawala, Niharika Karanjawala, Arjun Sharma, Apoorva Pandey, Gudipati G Kashyap, Principal Associates, Sanya Dua, Yash Dubey, Rose Verma, Associates.
- With inputs from agencies
