The Supreme Court has rightly upheld the judgment of the High Court of Bombay at Goa which was passed on 1st March postponing the elections to the Municipal Councils of Sanguem, Mormugao, Mapusa, Margao and Quepem.
Great news for Goa which has come on the birth anniversary of Goa’s first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar. The High Court in its judgment had very appropriately exposed the electoral fraud committed by the governmental authorities. Its 94 page judgment was a very detailed reasoned one and could not be faulted. The Goa government needlessly challenged the High Court Judgment and now got a further slap from the Supreme Court. All the expenses incurred by the Goa Government on filing the petition before the Supreme Court must be recovered from the State Election Commissioner and he should also be penalized for acting as a puppet of those in power and manipulating the electoral process. For those three elected unopposed at Quepem Municipal Council their celebration is short-lived. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com