Mishra, who won from the Datia assembly constituency, had on 12 July 2017 approached the Supreme Court against the Election Commission’s decision, claiming that the proceedings were delayed and there was no proof that he had published ‘paid news’. Who was Articles The Supreme Court had transferred the case to the Delhi High Court for an early decision ahead of the 17 July 2017 presidential election.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on October 11 the Election Commission’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s order quashing the 2017 decision to disqualify Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra as an MLA. . A bench of Justices Abhay Soka and Pankaj Mithal refused to entertain the plea of senior advocate Aryama Sundaram, appearing for Mishra, that the plea be heard after November. Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are likely to be held around November. Congress leader Rajendra Bharti, who lost to Mishra, has also filed a petition seeking an urgent hearing of the case, the bench said.
Sundaram said that there is no rush in the matter as the High Court’s judgment is from 2018 and it can be heard even after the assembly elections are over. However, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Bharti, argued that the matter needed to be heard before the start of assembly elections. The bench then fixed October 11 for hearing the Election Commission’s petition against the Delhi High Court’s order. On 18 May 2018, the High Court rejected the Election Commission’s decision to disqualify Mishra on ‘ped news’ charges, saying there was no evidence that he had manipulated news articles in his favour. What is directly affected?
On 23 June 2017, the Election Commission disqualified Mishra for three years on charges of ‘paid news’ and filing false election expenditure accounts in connection with articles and advertisements published in the media during the 2008 state assembly elections. .
The Election Commission’s order came on the complaint of Rajendra Bharti, who had contested the 2008 assembly elections against Mishra. Mishra, who won from the Datia assembly constituency, had on 12 July 2017 approached the Supreme Court against the Election Commission’s decision, claiming that the proceedings were delayed and there was no proof that he had published ‘paid news’. Who was Articles The Supreme Court had transferred the case to the Delhi High Court for an early decision ahead of the 17 July 2017 presidential election.
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