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The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that that Anil Masih, the returning officer in Chandigarh Mayor election, has to be prosecuted as he was interfering with the election process...
Replying to the judges' questions, Masih said he did put the "X" mark on eight already "defaced" ballot papers and accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors of creating a ruckus and trying to snatch away the ballot papers..
The SC then said that Masih was "murdering democracy" and ordered the preservation of the entire record of the election process, including ballot papers, videography and other material, through the Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana High Court...
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra then said it is obvious that the returning officer has defaced the ballot papers...
The BJP emerged victorious in the Chandigarh mayoral polls on January 30, dealing a blow to the Congress-AAP alliance, which claimed ballot paper tampering by the presiding officer...
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