Notice issued against Subhash Chandra, Birender Singh against use of pen in RS polls
13 April 2017 4:22 PM IST
The petitioner claimed that the official pen was removed in a secret and dishonest manner in an effort to sabotage the elections.
In 1980, the Supreme Court in the Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab abolished the mandatory death penalty in cases of murder and propounded the “rarest of rareâ€doctrine, allowing courts to impose death penalty in cases such as murder, terrorism, treason, espionage.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to businessman and chairman of Zee Media Subhash Chandra and Birender Singh in connection with a plea filed by senior Supreme Court advocate R.K. Anand regarding the use of pen in the Rajya Sabha elections.
Anand claimed that the official pen was removed from the polling area in a secret and dishonest manner in an effort to sabotage the elections.
On March 23, the Punjab High Court dismissed a petition challenging media baron Subhash Chandra's election as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Last year, Chandra won the Rajya Sabha election from Haryana as an Independent candidate supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
( Source : ANI )
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