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Apex Court declined the settle NOTA for Gujrat Rajya Sabha elections

Team SoOLEGAL 4 Aug 2017 10:10am

Apex Court declined the settle NOTA for Gujrat Rajya Sabha elections

The Apex Court, Today, held the practice of NOTA (none of the above) option in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections scheduled on 8th August. A petition filed by Congress leader Shailesh Manu Bhai Parmar opposing Assembly Secretary’s order to include NOTA option in Rajya Sabha election has been rejected.

A bench comprising Justice Dipak Mishra directed Election Commission to look into the matter and sought a reply within two weeks. He additionally stated, that the matter will be observed as a constitutional subject, whether NOTA is eligible to be included in State assembly Council elections.

Kapil Sibal, representing Gujrat Congress, requested the court to hold the elections by suggesting that it will be a source of corruption if the elections aren’t stayed.

Congress Senior Leader Ahmed Patel is one of the candidates along with BJP’s Amit Shah, Smiriti Irani, and Balwant Singh Rajput for 3 seats in rajya Sabha.

The bench also questioned the petitioner about his intentions of approaching the court since the EC had taken a decision in January 2014 and in November 2015. Stated that when it suited you, you didn’t come to court and when it affected you, you filed a petition. The bench said.

He added that NOTA has not been practiced in a single election till now.

The matter was sought to be given an urgent hearing on the grounds that there was no statutory provision for the NOTA option in the ballot paper for these elections.   



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