Income Disclosure Of Poll Candidates
SC to hear plea on Mar 18 to bar poll candidates with serious offences
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on March 18 a plea seeking to debar from polls, candidates charged with serious offences. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh would likely hear the matter. The apex court in September 2022 sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. Aside from seeking to debar persons against whom charges were framed in criminal cases, the plea also sought directions to the Centre and the ECI to restrain such candidates put on trial for serious offences. The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, alleged that despite recommendations of the Law Commission of India and court's previous directions, the Centre and the ECI did not act. The plea said of the 539 winners of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, about 233 or 43 per cent, declared facing criminal cases. Referring to data from a report of NGO Association for Democratic Reforms, the petition said ther
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Shifting fortunes: Moveable assets tip the balance for richest candidates
Top 10 candidates' moveable assets Rs 1,815 crore, double immoveable assets of Rs 815 crore
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Poll candidates, their spouses must disclose source of income, rules SC
The SC has struck down a major portion of the Electoral Reforms Act, candidates should declare their assets and pending criminal cases against them while filing nominations
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