MP minister Mishra's petition transferred to principal bench

A petition filed by Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra seeking a stay on the Election Commission order disqualifying him has been transferred to the principal bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur.
Mishra's writ petition was currently being heard by the Gwalior bench of the high court. It will now be clubbed with another petition relating to the BJP leader and will be heard on July 11.
Mishra's lawyer had filed an application with the high court's registry for the transfer of the writ petition from Gwalior to Jabalpur on July 6, which has been accepted, Rajendra Bharti, who is a party in both the petitions, told PTI today.

The minister's petition has been clubbed with the PIL being heard by the high court's principal bench that seeks declaring a seat vacant in the state assembly in the wake of the EC disqualifying the Datia MLA.
The EC had disqualified Mishra on June 23 for allegedly filing wrong accounts of election expenses in 2008 assembly elections.
Bharti, who lost to Mishra from Datia in 2008, had approached the EC on the issue.