This was because his personal assistant, who was suffering from a disease causing forgetfulness, had forgotten to inform the MLA for Bhalki about the court matter. He had been thrown out of the proceedings way back in August 2019 after being treated as ex parte as he did not respond to the court’s notice. Justice Krishna S. Dixit passed the order on a petition filed in June 2018 by defeated BJP candidate D.K. Acute encephalopathyThe court, after going through the records, accepted the claims of Mr. Khandre that the notice issued by it was, in fact, served on his personal assistant (PA) Mainalle Basavaraj Baburao. He breathed his last on October 11 this year, as per the medical reports.

Source: The Hindu November 20, 2020 01:52 UTC