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The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside the Election Commission (EC)’s decision to disqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators in Delhi.
In recent months, the EC has been criticised for delaying the Gujarat assembly polls. The latest episode led to political parties and former election commissioners questioning the EC’s “hurry”, particularly that of now retired chief election commissioner A K Joti, in recommending disqualification of AAP legislators without following due process.
A Bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar asked the EC to hear the matter afresh. It described the Centre’s notification disqualifying the AAP legislators as
