Aarif v. Kamru and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (CWP-6021-2008), Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, decided 11.08.2025 by Harsimran Singh Sethi and Vikas Suri, JJ. Subject: election to post of Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, set aside by order dated 14.03.2008 (Annexure P-4); petitioner protected by interim order dated 10.04.2008; electoral term expired during pendency. Outcome: petition disposed of as infructuous; impugned order directed not to be given effect to. No substantive adjudication of validity of the order setting aside the election; no statutes or precedents discussed. Speaking/reasoned: Yes; Reportable: No.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of as having been rendered infructuous; the Court made clear that the order dated 14.03.2008 (Annexure P-4) will not be given effect to. ¶¶17