Sidhu To Face Trial In 2009 Election Case:SC

Ex Indian cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu will face trial for alleged wrongdoings during the 2009 Lok Sabha election, the Supreme Court said today. Navjot Sidhu has been asked by the Supreme Court to face trial in a case in which his election in 2009 has been challenged by a rival candidate. In 2009, the cricketer-turned-politician won from Amritsar. He was in the BJP at the time. Sidhu, who won from Amritsar in 2009, is accused of violating the election expenditure cap of Rs 25 lakhs. He has also been charged with getting 11 officers transferred before the election. Significantly, this is not the first time that the former opening batsman finds himself into legal intricacies. He was convicted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a road rage case in 2006. Later, Sidhu appealed against the verdict in the Supreme Court, which suspended the High Court verdict on January 23 in 2007.