Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Contempt Proceedings Against Heads Of Political Parties
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The Supreme Court was hearing a plea filed by an advocate Brajesh Singh seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against several party leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav.
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against heads of political parties for not following its directions to prevent criminalisation of politics in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls held earlier this year.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha said the Election Commission is the competent authority in the matter.
The Supreme Court was hearing a plea filed by an advocate Brajesh Singh seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against several party leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav.
The plea claimed that these parties did not comply with the top court's August 2021 judgment to declare criminal antecedents of its Uttar Pradesh assembly poll candidates.
