Nainital, July 16 -- Panchayat elections in Uttarakhand continue to remain under a cloud for one or the other reasons. The Uttarakhand High Court today took serious note of alleged irregularities in the preparation of the panchayat voter list of Budhlakot Gram Sabha in Nainital district and directed the State Election Commission to submit a detailed reply along with supporting documents by 17 July. A division bench comprising Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Alok Verma, while hearing a public interest litigation (Pil), questioned the basis on which the names of alleged non-residents were included in the voter list, and made it clear that such matters strike at the very root of electoral integrity.
The PIL, earlier filed by Akash Bora, ...