Chandigarh, Jan. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has requested the UT administrator to consider allowing voting for mayoral polls of the Chandigarh municipal corporation through show of hands, instead of the present practice of secret ballot.

The high court bench of justice Sureshwar Thakur and justice Vikas Suri, in its judgment released on Tuesday on the plea of city mayor Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor, observed that even the Supreme Court in its February 2024 judgment had noticed "glaring electoral malpractices" by the then presiding officer Anil Masih with respect to the polled ballot papers used secretly in the 2024 mayoral polls. Hence, the October 2024 resolution of the MC seeking voting by show of hands be considered for ensuring ...