St Stephen's governing body row: Court ruling Thursday

New Delhi, Dec 2

The Delhi High Court will Thursday decide whether Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi can participate in the governing body meeting of St. Stephen's College here to be held on that day.

Earlier Wednesday, a single-judge bench of the high court restrained Quraishi, a principal's appointee in the college's governing body, from participating in the proceedings of the panel.

The court was hearing a civil suit filed by Ajay P. Singha, former member of the governing body, against the decision to appoint Quraishi on the governing body.

However, later in the day Rev Valson Thampu, principal of the college, appealed before the other bench of the high court against the single-judge order. The court will decide the issue Thursday.

In October, Singha moved the court against Quraishi's appointment, contending that he was removed before his tenure as the governing body member ended, and was replaced by Quraishi. It was also submitted that Singha was appointed against the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Naveen Chawla, the chief electrion commissioner.

However, last month the court allowed Quraishi to attend the governing body meeting and ruled that Singha's petition was not maintainable.

Last updated on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 20:49 pm IST--IANS

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