New Delhi: A Pill has been submitted at the Supreme Court looking for the Indian Election Commission to take steps to ensure that each political party publishes details about the criminal case of each candidate on the grounds of the selection in the home page of the official website in the spirit of the APEX court ruling.
The request stated that on January 13, 2022, the Jamajwadi party deployed the famous Gangster Nahid Hasan from Cairana but did not publish criminal records in electronic, print and social media or the reason for selection within 48 hours according to direction.
The petition looks for the direction to ECI to register a political party that violates the direction of the Apex court.
It also looks for directions to ECI to ensure that every political party explains why it prefers candidates with a criminal case and does not choose someone without criminal anteceden within 48 hours.
Plea submitted by Advocates Ashwini Upadhyay also urged ECI to ensure that every political party issued a criminal case within 48 hours in electronic, print and social media and to submit a case of insult to the president who violated the direction of The Apex Court “Nahid Hasan was held under the law – – Gangsters who were charged to him about 11 months ago and he was the first candidate to file a nomination in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh election Having many criminal cases and is the mastermind behind the Hindu exodus from Cairana.
There are many criminal cases including fraud and extortion and are declared fugitive by the Special MLA-MP court, “said the application.
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It was said that the recognized political parties gave tickets to the feared criminals, and therefore, voters felt the difficulty of giving their voices freely and fairly, even though it was a fundamental right based on article 19.
The consequences of allowing criminals to the contest The legislator is very serious for democracy and secularism such as during the election process itself, not only they use a large amount of illegal money to interfere with the results but also intimidate the voters / candidates rival, application.
It was added, “As soon as they get into the government as a legislator, they interfere, and influence, government engine functions support themselves and their organizations by damaging government officials and, where it does not work, by using their contacts with ministers to make threats The transfer and initiation of the disciplinary process.
Some become ministers, who make the situation worse.
“Legislators with criminal antecedents seek to foster justice administration and efforts with hooks or criminals to prevent themselves from conclusions and, where.
Maybe, to get liberation.
Long delays in the disposal of cases against sitting MP and MLA and low level of confidence are testimonies for their influence, “Further words.
In accordance with the Supreme Court assessment in 2018 and 2020, political parties were ordered to publish all their candidate’s criminal history for Assembly and selection of Lok Sabha together with the reasons for Penanjas suspected of being criminals for good people.
Information must be published in local and national newspapers and party social media handles.
It must be published within 48 hours.
From candidate selection or less than two weeks Before the first date to submit a nomination, which was earlier.
Information published on the criminal anteceden of a candidate must be detailed and includes the nature of their violations, the accusation of the framed against it, the relevant court, case number, etc.
Application in SC looking for directions to EC to ensure political parties issue a candidate’s criminal history
