A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by Jawahar Kumar Jha, an independent candidate from Banka parliamentary constituency in Bihar, who claims that his nomination was "illegally and arbitrarily" cancelled by the Returning Officer in the ensuing Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.
The Court said, "This is the third petition with identical prayers. We will impose a Rs 50,000 fine on the petitioner. Stop making a mockery of the system. Costs are the only way to curb such petitions."
"Had the petitioner joined the investigation pursuant to the issuance of summons under Section 50 of PMLA," asked the court, adding that he could have given his version before the investigating agency against the material that it had collected.
The petition, filed by the five PTI senators, claimed that the current electoral college is incomplete and therefore 'unconstitutional', as the Senate polls were not held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Peshawar High Court has rejected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government petitions for cancellation of bail granted to three workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in cases regarding May 9 violence in two cantonments in Dir Lower.
Amid the real estate crisis in China, another Shanghai-based property giant Shimao Group said on Monday that it had received a liquidation petition from a Chinese state-owned bank.
The Delhi High Court on Monday transferred the petition moved by the former AAP minister seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from CM Post. The single judge directed to list the petition before the bench of the acting chief justice. The High Court said a heavy cost should be imposed.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh, Harsh Mahajan, criticised senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi for moving Himachal High Court against Rajya Sabha elections in which Mahajan won through 'draw of lots'.
Former Aam Aadmi Party Minister Sandeep Kumar has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court for the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from holding the post of Chief Minister.
Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi filed a petition in Himachal Pradesh High Court on Saturday challenging the 'Draw of Lots' rule in Rajya Sabha elections.
After the Supreme Court stayed the Allahabad High Court's March 22 judgement striking down 'UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004', Lawyer of Petitioner Pradeep Kumar Yadav on Friday highlighted the key points mentioned by the SC before putting a stay on the order.