Gujarat: Talala Assembly by-election, Supreme Court restrains hold

The Supreme Court has stayed the Election Commission’s notification declaring a vacancy in Talala Assembly seat of Gujarat.

The Supreme Court has stayed the Election Commission’s notification declaring a vacancy in Talala Assembly seat of Gujarat and the announcement of a bye-election along with the Lok Sabha elections.

In fact, convicted Congress legislator of Talala in a case, the Gujarat assembly speaker canceled his membership on March 5.

After this, the Election Commission had started the exercise of re-election in this seat after issuing notification on March 10.