Bhubaneswar, March 4 -- The Orissa High Court on Monday annulled the election of Cuttack-Babarati Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim for allegedly failing to furnish detailed information regarding criminal cases against him in affidavit during the filing of nomination in 2019.

The court passed the judgement during the hearing of a petition filed by BJD leader Debashish Samantaray on July 3, 2019 who complained that some of the columns prescribed in the declaration paper were struck down by Moquim which requires declaring all the criminal cases against a candidate.

While seeking direction declaring his election null and void and asking the Election Commission for fresh polls, the petition has further cited that Moquim had also not disclosed co...