The division bench of the high court Justice A K Mittal and Amit Rawal fixed the next date of hearing on January 11 while acting on a petition filed by a Patiala-based resident.
"We have sought judicial inquiry into the incidents wherein how the democratic election process was subverted in Punjab during MC polls," said D S Sobti, counsel for the petitioner today.
The petitioner also mentioned the incident of Mallanwala where the Akali Dal had claimed that their members were attacked allegedly by Congress workers.
The petition also named Congress MLA from Zira Kulbir Singh for allegedly leading Congress workers for attacking Akalis; and Punjab Police IG M S Chhina for allegedly misusing his official capacity to support Congress workers during the, Sobti said.
The petitioner sought directions from the high court to the concerned officials to make policy for the online submission of nomination papers and video recording of nomination process of the civic polls in Punjab.
"Candidates of other political parties were not allowed to file their nominations and at some places, the nomination papers were rejected on frivolous grounds," the counsel said.
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