SC hears plea on assets declaration

The Supreme Court on Friday posted for final hearing a PIL on whether nomination of a candidate should be rejected if he leaves the column....

The Supreme Court on Friday posted for final hearing a PIL on whether nomination of a candidate should be rejected if he leaves the column for declaration of assets blank in his papers.

A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam was reluctant to accept the argument by advocate Prashant Bhushan that the Election Commission must reject such papers,where candidates do not declare their assets and instead leave the space blank.

The bench sought to know how non-declaration of assets by a candidate be a ground for rejecting his nomination. How can that be a ground for rejecting the nomination papers? the court asked.However,being convinced by the advocate appearing for the petitioner,NGO Resurgence India,the bench posted the matter for final hearing.

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The court suggested that those affected in the matter,such as political parties and MPs,could be made a party in the PIL.

Advocate Meenakshi Arora,appearing for the Election Commission,said the nomination papers could not be rejected if a candidate left the space for declaration of assets blank as an apex court judgment came in the way.

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