 "A view of Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi. Photo: PTI")
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the Budget until after the Assembly elections in five states. The court refused to admit the plea saying “there was not even a single concrete example that the presentation of the Union Budget would influence the minds of an electorate in state elections”. The court did not grant an opportunity to lawyer M L Sharma, who had filed public interest litigation, to come back to it if the Centre violated the poll code of conduct in its Budget, to be presented on February 1.
The court said there were divisions
