The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Center and the Election Commission on the plea seeking to quash an election result and direct the voting panel to conduct a new election if there is a maximum vote for NOTA in a particular constituency.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian issued a notice to the Ministry of Law and Justice and Election Commission of India seeking his reply on the petition.
Senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy appeared for the petitioner.
The apex court was hearing a plea filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay, who sought an instruction from the Election Commission to ban candidates and political parties whose election has been barred from participating in the latest elections.
“The right to reject and elect a new candidate will give people the power to express their dissatisfaction. If voters are dissatisfied with the background or performance of the candidate contesting the election, they will NOTA (any of the above) to reject such candidate No). And elect a new candidate, “the petition stated.
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