HC throws out petition against Shatrughan Sinha

PATNA: The Patna high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the election of Shatrughan Sinha from Patna Sahib parliamentary constituency in 2009.
A single bench of Justice V N Sinha delivered the verdict upholding the rejection of nomination papers of the petitioner, Mahesh Prasad Singh, by the election authorities as the petitioner had not mentioned his correct age.
Shatrughan’s counsel S N P Sharma and Manik Vedsen submitted that the petitioner was required to enter his correct age (in 2009) at the time of filing the papers, which was 60 years. Instead, he had written “complete 25 years of age” in the specified column. As the particulars of the candidates filing nomination papers go to public domain, mentioning of the minimum qualifying age only for contesting elections was rather vague and confusing.
Central government quarter: A division bench comprising Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, on Wednesday directed the state government and the chief commissioner, Income Tax, Bihar, to resolve within three months the matter relating to shifting the central government quarter from bungalow number 5 on Bailey Road to state government bungalow number 26 on Hardinge road.