Nomination Rejection Archives

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.

Case Briefs High Courts

Patna HC denies relief to RJD candidate Sweta Suman for her nomination rejection in upcoming Bihar Polls

“If any interim or final orders are passed at this stage, it would directly affect the election process and would have the effect of delaying or protracting the election process, which admittedly has already commenced.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Clear case of malfeasance by the Returning Officer’: Uttaranchal HC stays disqualification of Pradhan candidate over toilet location

“Right to contest the elections is a statutorily guaranteed right, and the same cannot be denied in a completely arbitrary manner and which prima facie appears to be illegal.”