The Karnataka High Court in the case A Manju And Prajwal Revanna @ Prajwal R. observed and has reserved its application moved Prajwal Revanna of the Janatha Dal Secular Party, wherein seeking stay on its order dated September 1, declaring his election as Member of Parliament as null and void, for filing false information in his election affidavit.
The single bench headed by of Justice K Natarajan in the case observed while hearing the parties and has reserved its order wherein it stated that the order is reserved, the same will be pronounced either on Monday or Tuesday.
The court in its order stated that both the election petitions are allowed. Thus, the election of returned candidate respondent no. 1 alias Prajwal R, Member of the Parliament, having being declared as returned candidate dated May 23, 2019 is hereby declared as null and void.
The court rejected the prayer to declare A Manju (one of the petitioners) as the returned candidate, in view of the findings that he himself is being involved in corrupt practices.
The court in the case observed and has issued the notice to H.D.Revanna father of the MP and held that he was involved in corrupt practices in helping Prajwal.
Further, the court stated that it is necessary to issue the notice to D.Revanna and Suraj Revanna to show cause as to why they should not be so named as per Section 99(a)(ii) of R.P. Act.
Therefore, it has also been pointed out by the said court that as per the statute the court in its discretion can stay its order for a period of 30 days to permit the respondent to file an appeal before the court.
Revanna had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Hassan and was being accused of giving false information to the Election Commission. Thus, Prajwal was being declared the winner with 6,76,606 votes. Manju came as the runner-up with the vote of 5,35,282.