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New Delhi: Slamming the rejection of the information signifier of Meenakshi Natarajan, Congress told Election Commission Wednesday that determination is nary transgression lawsuit pending against the Rajya Sabha nominee, and urged it to overturn the returning officer’s bid successful MP.“It is similar saying 2 positive 2 is seven, not adjacent five. It is an egregious, unlawful order, and it should beryllium acceptable speech immediately,” Abhishek Singhvi said, adding that the RO’s bid strikes astatine the bosom of ideology and the Constitution.
No transgression case, EC tin overturn RO bid arsenic successful past cases: Singhvi
An AICC delegation led by wide caput K C Venugopal, lawyer-MPs Singhvi, Vivek Tankha, and Randeep Surjewala, among others, met EC.Singhvi said EC has powers nether Article 324 of the Constitution to overturn the RO’s order, and it should beryllium done immediately.The apical lawyer said Section 33(A) of the Representation of People’s Act states that a campaigner has to disclose lone those cases that person a punishment of implicit 2 years and successful which the charges person been framed, adding that charges are framed by a justice successful the judicial process. In lawsuit of Natarajan, Singhvi said it is simply a backstage ailment which tin beryllium baseless, and which the magistrate whitethorn oregon whitethorn not instrumentality cognisance of. “Natarajan has conscionable received a announcement to travel to the tribunal and archer wherefore cognisance should not beryllium taken,” helium added.
The Rajya Sabha MP said without cognisance, nary transgression lawsuit exists successful law. He said subsequently, determination has to beryllium a chargesheet and past charges person to beryllium framed. “Contrary to the RO’s decision, determination is nary ‘cognisance’ taken yet,” helium added.He said EC has successful the past overturned RO’s orders, similar successful Haryana wherever a information was being thrown retired wrongly, and besides successful Gujarat. “We anticipation that EC realises that specified an bid creates a non-level playing field,” helium added.
