Amritpal Singh has filled Lok Sabha nomination forms, Punjab government tells HC; plea disposed of

Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh had sought temporary release for seven days to file his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib constituency.

Radical preacher and Waris Punjab De (WPD) chief Amritpal Singh. (File Photo)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday disposed of the petition filed by Waris Punjab De (WPD) chief Amritpal Singh, seeking temporary release for seven days to file his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha elections, as infructuous after the Punjab government informed the court that the state has facilitated the process. Singh had filled and signed two sets of nomination forms and other paperwork on May 9, the state submitted.

Singh, who is currently lodged at Dibrugarh jail in Assam under the National Security Act, had moved the high court on Thursday seeking temporary release for seven days to file his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib constituency that goes to polls on June 1.

As the matter came up for hearing before the bench of Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj, Punjab Deputy Advocate General Arjun Sheoran told the high court that based on telephonic instructions received from the Dibrugarh Central Jail superintendent, “Two sets of nomination forms and other paperwork were filled in and signed by the detenue on May 9, 2024.”

“The Superintendent Central Jail Dibrugarh will administer oath to the detenue as per the provisions of law including Handbook for Candidate, 2023 and issue Certificate for Receipt of Oath and send original form of Oath to Returning Officer, 03- Khadoor Sahab, (Punjab). The oath will be administered as and when a request is made by the detenue after his nomination form is submitted before the RO [returning officer],” the high court was told.

Hearing the submission of Punjab and other respondents, the high court disposed of the plea. A detailed order is yet to be released.

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