CWP No.19445 of 2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 112 CWP No.19445 of 2026 Date of decision: June 24th, 2026 Inderjeet Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS BAHL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMARI Present: Mr. Arshdeep Singh Kler, Mr. Saurav Bhatia, Mr. Kuljinder S. Billing, Mr. Navdeep Singh Khokhar and Mr. Jasinder Singh Sekhon, Advocates for the petitioners. Mr. Jastej Singh, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. VIKAS BAHL, J. (ORAL) 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioner would press prayer No.(d), which prayer is reproduced hereinbelow: “(d) Issuance of a direction that the entire proceedings of the election, commencing from assembly of councillors till declaration of result, be subjected to continuous videography, inside and outside the premises of the voting venue, with proper preservation of the video record, so as to ensure transparency and enable subsequent verification in the event of any dispute;” 2. Learned State counsel has very fairly submitted that for the election of the President and Vice President of Nagar Panchayat Mehraj, Tehsil Rampura Phul, District Bathinda, the videography both inside and outside of the premises of the voting venue will be conducted and would be PUNEET SACHDEVA 2026.06.24 13:36 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh CWP No.19445 of 2026 2 preserved so as to ensure transparency. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that in view of the same, the present petition be disposed of but respondents be bound by the statement made before this Court. 4. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of. 5. Respondents would be bound by the statement made before this Court. (VIKAS BAHL) JUDGE June 24th, 2026 (RAMESH KUMARI) Puneet JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes Whether reportable : No PUNEET SACHDEVA 2026.06.24 13:36 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh