New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Friday told the Supreme Court that its 2018 direction asking poll candidates to declare their criminal antecedents in electronic and print media has not helped curb criminalisation of politics.
The poll panel suggested that instead of asking candidates to declare criminal antecedents in the media, political parties should be asked not to give tickets to candidates with criminal background.
A bench of Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat asked the ECI to come up with a framework within one week which can help curb criminalisation of politics in nation’s interest.
The top court asked the petitioner BJP leader and advocate Ashiwini Upadhyay and the poll panel to sit together and come up with suggestions which would help him in curbing criminalisation of politics.
In September 2018, a five-judge Constitution bench had unanimously held that all candidates will have to declare their criminal antecedents to the Election Commission before contesting polls and had called for a wider publicity, through print and electronic media about antecedents of candidates.
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First of all EC should be an independent body and should not oblige to the ruling party. Criminal charges should be clearly listed out. Otherwise ruling party may book any body as anti national and criminal. For a small states elections are conducted i 5-6 phases to suit the need of ruling party personalities. Local body elections not conducted in due times for the best interest of ruling parties . Merely asking SC not sufficient.
We do not expect appex court to rule out against bjp.
The Election Commission must get the information about the Criminal Record from their Local Police, the C. I. D. and if required from other Higher Authorities and then issue them Tickets.
Modi hai tho mumkin hai
आपराधिक रेकॉर्ड शब्दद की स्पष्ट व्याख्या की जानी चाहिए।
चुनाव लड़नेवालों के विरुद्ध आपराधिक प्रकरणों का निपटारा शीघ्रातिशीघ्र किया जाए।
अपीलीय प्रक्रिया के चलते नेताओं को दंड भुगतने की स्थिति आने ही नहीं पाती।
चुनाव हर पांच साल या उससे पहलै आ धमकता है और न्यायिक फैसले का क्रियान्वयन अनंतकाल तक टलता रहता है।
Absolutely right!! No one with a criminal background, even if one was convicted or not, should be allowed to enter parliament and legislative assembly.No one !! May it be a minor case,may it be a simple FIR against, may it be a suspicion of somebody in any crime, he or she not to be allowed to contest election, right from parliament to local govt.level.But, will it happen ? I doubt.
‘A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict’s suit or a monarch’s crown.’
–Victor Hugo