Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has been rejected the petition filed by Waris Punjab De (WPD) chief Amritpal Singh, who sought temporary release to file his Lok Sabha election nomination. Singh, currently held at Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act (NSA), aimed to contest from Khadoor Sahib constituency. The Punjab government informed the court that the necessary paperwork, including nomination forms, had been facilitated on May 9. Consequently, the court disposed of the petition as infructuous, awaiting a detailed order.
As the matter came up for hearing before the bench of Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj, Punjab Deputy Advocate General Arjun Sheoran told the high court that based on telephonic instructions received from the Dibrugarh Central Jail superintendent, “Two sets of nomination forms and other paperwork were filled in and signed by the detenue on May 9, 2024.”
“The Superintendent Central Jail Dibrugarh will administer oath to the detenue as per the provisions of law including Handbook for Candidate, 2023 and issue Certificate for Receipt of Oath and send original form of Oath to Returning Officer, 03- Khadoor Sahab, (Punjab). The oath will be administered as and when a request is made by the detenue after his nomination form is submitted before the RO the high court was told.
Hearing the submission of Punjab and other respondents, the high court disposed off the plea. A detailed order is yet to be released.
