Gujarat High Court declares BJP minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama's election as void

The Election Commission constituted a three-member committee of officers headed by its Secretary-General, Umesh Sinha, to study the Gujarat High Court’s judgment invalidating the 2017 election of the state’s Education and Law Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama from Dholka Assembly constituency.

Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora, spoke to EC Secretary-General on telephone and directed that a three member committee of officers headed by Sinha, himself, and consisting of two Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kumar and Director (Law) Vijay Pandey as members, would examine the details of the judgment and present before the poll-panel at the earliest, the commission stated in a press release.

It also said that the EC had already asked the State Government of Gujarat to initiate disciplinary action against the then Returning Officer and Deputy Collector Dhaval Jani and the proceedings were underway. Jani had also been removed from election duties during the Lok Sabha elections in view of the interim order of the High Court in the matter.