{"id":215922,"date":"2019-06-19T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T09:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=215922"},"modified":"2019-06-19T14:50:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T09:20:04","slug":"sc-seeks-ecs-response-on-plea-against-its-decision-to-hold-separate-bypolls-for-2-rajya-sabha-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/06\/19\/sc-seeks-ecs-response-on-plea-against-its-decision-to-hold-separate-bypolls-for-2-rajya-sabha-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"SC seeks EC&#8217;s response on plea against its decision to hold separate bypolls for 2 Rajya Sabha seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court: <\/strong>The vacation bench of Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, JJ has sought response from the Election Commission by June 24 on a plea of the Gujarat Congress, challenging the poll panel&#8217;s decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the State.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is not an issue which can be taken up through an election petition and therefore, requires to be heard.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior advocate Vivek Tankha, appearing for the Gujarat Congress, said there were judgments of the Delhi High court which were in their favour. To this, the bench said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are not saying anything for now. We need to decide whether it is a casual vacancy or a statutory vacancy. This matter requires hearing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant following the election of BJP chief Amit Shah and Union minister Smriti Irani to the Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar and Amethi respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The matter will now be heard on June 25.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: The vacation bench of Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, JJ has sought response from the Election Commission by June 24 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