Brushing aside the submissions of Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand that court cannot interfere.
Supreme Court of India
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that purity of democracy cannot be maintained if convicted leaders who are disqualified to contest elections, but heading political parties are allowed to choose candidates to contest elections.
Brushing aside the submissions of Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand that court cannot interfere and legislate in this matter, a three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Kanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud decided to examine whether Section 29 (A) of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) as to whether the ECI is empowered to de-recognise the political party formed by a convicted person.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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