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Disqualification of charge sheeted MPs/MLAs
October 3 , 2018
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- Supreme Court held that candidates contesting elections cannot be disqualified, in case they have charges framed against them in a criminal case.
- The court also directed that each candidate shall declare such charges to the election commission before contesting an election.
- The judgment came on a batch of petitions filed by advocate, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, former Chief Election Commissioner JM Lyngdoh and NGO Public Interest Foundation.
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