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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday said a candidate, whose sanction is registered arsenic a elector successful aggregate constituencies, can't contention polls. It dismissed Uttarakhand authorities predetermination commission's entreaty challenging HC's interim bid that had stayed its circular permitting specified persons to instrumentality portion successful panchayat polls.
"How tin you contented a circular that is contrary to statutory provisions," asked SC and imposed a outgo of Rs 2 lakh connected SEC.U'khand SEC's circular won't beryllium acted upon: Supreme Court The Uttarakhand authorities predetermination commission's circular had advised returning officers not to cull information papers of a campaigner lone connected the crushed that his/her sanction is included successful electoral rolls of much than 1 gram panchayat, territorial constituency, oregon municipal body. The SC seat of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the circular would not beryllium acted upon.HC had stayed the circular erstwhile a petitioner pointed retired letting candidates whose names were registered successful aggregate elector lists contention polls was successful breach of conception 9(6) and 9(7) of Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016. It said, "When the statute expressly prohibits registration of a elector successful much than 1 territorial constituency oregon much than 1 electoral rotation and the aforesaid being a statutory bar, the clarification fixed by SEC appears to beryllium successful the teeth of the barroom nether sub-sections 6 and 7 of conception 9.
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