Article 329(b) Bars Writ Challenge to Rejection of Nomination Papers During the Pendency of Elections; No Exception for Glaring Illegality: Supreme Court
INC candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh was rejected for non-disclosure of a pending criminal case in her Form 26 affidavit. The Supreme Court declined to examine the merits, holding that the constitutional bar under Article 329(b) admits no exception for cases involving manifest illegality.