Chandigarh, May 20 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has dismissed a plea from Haryana cabinet minister Vipul Goel against the election petition filed by Lakhan Kumar Singla of Congress, challenging October 2024 polls result of Faridabad assembly constituency. The petition filed by Singla in 2024 had alleged that Goel had committed corrupt practices within the meaning of Section 123(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. In adjudicating the petition, the court has framed the principal issues in the matter--whether Goel, has indulged in corrupt practices as defined under Section 123(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, as specifically pleaded in the election petition and also regarding the battery percentage of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM's). While proceedings were on, the minister had filed an application seeking dismissal of the petition. htc...