New Delhi: SSC To Hear Disqualified MP Congress MLA’s Plea
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the respondents and said the matter would be listed for hearing after four weeks: Reports
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea filed by disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti challenging a Delhi High Court order refusing to stay his conviction in a cheating case.
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the respondents and said the matter would be listed for hearing after four weeks.
Bharti was disqualified from the state Assembly following his conviction. The Election Commission has announced a by-election to the Datia constituency on July 30, with July 13 as the last date for filing nominations.
On April 2, a trial court had sentenced Bharti, former chairperson of the Zila Sahkari Krishi Aur Gramin Vikas Bank, to three years’ imprisonment for alleged forgery of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011.
The High Court had on April 28 stayed the sentence after Bharti filed an appeal against the trial court’s order. However, on July 10, it declined to stay his conviction, leading to his disqualification.