New Delhi: Delhi High Court had rejected to hear the plea of 11 candidates on Thursday who stand against the rejection of their nominations for the upcoming Assembly poll of Delhi that are to schedule for 8 February.
The High Court bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar declined to entertain the candidates’ plea. The plea was sidelined by a single judge as he order to dismiss their petition against the rejection of their nominations.
Notably Returning Officer (RO) had rejected their nominations on January 21. The plea was to challenge the rejection was dismissed on January 28 by a single judge of the High Court who had said that only an election petition was maintainable after the poll process has started.
The petitioner candidates had contended that the single judge’s order “was passed erroneously and disregarding the facts and material placed on record” by them.
Bureau Report
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