The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging the rejection of her Rajya Sabha candidature in Madhya Pradesh. In its order, the top court noted arguments by the Election Commission’s counsel, saying it is mandatory to disclose all pending criminal cases, at whatever stage they may be.
“It is submitted that any non-disclosure would entail rejection of nomination and the Returning Officer has not committed any error,” the court said according to LiveLaw, noting what the ECI counsel submitted.
The top court also said that once a nomination is rejected, the only remedy is to approach the poll panel. “However erroneous the decision may be, once a nomination is rejected, the remedy ordinarily lies elsewhere. Is there any judgment of this Court where we have interfered at that stage?,” the court was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
However, the order comes days after a Congress team led by senior leaders like KC Venugopal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi met EC officials in this regard.
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