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Economic Times
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
SC allows Chhattisgarh's ex-CM Bhupesh Baghel to move HC over maintainability of plea against him
The Chhattisgarh Congress has announced a statewide chakka jam on July 22 in protest against the arrest of Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Synopsis The Supreme Court has granted Bhupesh Baghel, former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, the opportunity to appeal to the High Court regarding a petition filed by his nephew, Vijay Baghel. The petition alleges violations of the Representation of the Peoples Act during the election. The court has directed the High Court to consider the application after hearing both sides. The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel to move the high court over a petition filed against him by his nephew Vijay Baghel. ADVERTISEMENT A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said if such an application is filed, the high court is requested to decide the same after giving opportunity of hearing to the other side before it further proceeds on merits of the case. Allowing Baghel's counsel to withdraw the plea and move "high court-cum-election tribunal", the bench said, "It goes without saying that the observations made in the impugned order shall have no bearing on the merits of the application proposed to be moved on behalf of the petitioner." Senior advocate Vivek Tankha and advocate Sumeer Sodhi, appearing for Baghel, said breach of silence period did not amount to corrupt practice and hence the case was not maintainable. The petition was filed by BJP MP Vijay Baghel who unsuccessfully contested the assembly elections against Bhupesh Baghel from the Patan seat. Vijay said Bhupesh violated the provision of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 by taking out a procession after 5 pm in Patan constituency. He sought nullification of the former CM's election and barring him from contesting polls for six years. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News, Budget 2025 Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online. NEXT STORY
The Hindu
27-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
24 ‘registered unrecognised political parties' under Election Commission scanner
At least 24 political parties from Tamil Nadu that have been categorised as 'registered unrecognised political parties' are likely to be issued show cause notices by the Election Commission of India, as they have not contested even a single election during the past six years. Political parties registered under provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951, are entitled to many benefits - exemption from income tax (under Section 13A of the IT Act), recognition (under para 6 of symbols order), common symbol allotment and nomination of star campaigners, among others. The purpose of registration of an association as a political party with the Commission under the Section 29A of the Act was to avail of the provisions of that part for the purposes of the RP Act, 1951, which meant participation in elections conducted by the Commission. 'Over time, a large number of political parties have been registered. However, it has come to the notice that many of the registered unrecognised political parties have not contested even a single election for the last six years since 2019 and many of them have ceased to exist,' a communication from the Commission to the Chief Electoral Officer said. It further directed the CEO to issue show cause notices to each of the 24 political parties and on hearing their response, it directed the CEO to send a detailed proposal with recommendation as to whether it should be delisted.
