AAP Candidate Is Chandigarh Mayor, Poll Officer Served Notice By Top Court

The Supreme Court made history today by declaring the Aam Aadmi Party's Kuldeep Kumar the winner of last month's Chandigarh mayoral election, ending weeks of controversy after Returning Officer Anil Masih was caught on camera invalidating and discarding eight votes in his favour.  The order - preceded by the counting of votes, including those erroneously rejected, in the courtroom rather than a counting centre - cancels the earlier result that saw the Bharatiya Janata Party's Manoj Sonkar elected Mayor. The returning officer for the elections faces contempt of court action ... He had been warned of prosecution if it was found that he lied to the court.