Firstpost
  • Home
  • Video Shows
    Vantage Firstpost America Firstpost Africa First Sports
  • World
    US News
  • Explainers
  • News
    India Opinion Cricket Tech Entertainment Sports Health Photostories
  • Asia Cup 2025
Apple Incorporated Modi ji Justin Trudeau Trending

Sections

  • Home
  • Live TV
  • Videos
  • Shows
  • World
  • India
  • Explainers
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Cricket
  • Health
  • Tech/Auto
  • Entertainment
  • Web Stories
  • Business
  • Impact Shorts

Shows

  • Vantage
  • Firstpost America
  • Firstpost Africa
  • First Sports
  • Fast and Factual
  • Between The Lines
  • Flashback
  • Live TV

Events

  • Raisina Dialogue
  • Independence Day
  • Champions Trophy
  • Delhi Elections 2025
  • Budget 2025
  • US Elections 2024
  • Firstpost Defence Summit
Trending:
  • Nepal protests
  • Nepal Protests Live
  • Vice-presidential elections
  • iPhone 17
  • IND vs PAK cricket
  • Israel-Hamas war
fp-logo
Delhi HC restrains EC from announcing Delhi bypoll dates till 29 January, refuses to stay AAP MLAs' disqualification
Whatsapp Facebook Twitter
Whatsapp Facebook Twitter
Apple Incorporated Modi ji Justin Trudeau Trending

Sections

  • Home
  • Live TV
  • Videos
  • Shows
  • World
  • India
  • Explainers
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Cricket
  • Health
  • Tech/Auto
  • Entertainment
  • Web Stories
  • Business
  • Impact Shorts

Shows

  • Vantage
  • Firstpost America
  • Firstpost Africa
  • First Sports
  • Fast and Factual
  • Between The Lines
  • Flashback
  • Live TV

Events

  • Raisina Dialogue
  • Independence Day
  • Champions Trophy
  • Delhi Elections 2025
  • Budget 2025
  • US Elections 2024
  • Firstpost Defence Summit
  • Home
  • India
  • Delhi HC restrains EC from announcing Delhi bypoll dates till 29 January, refuses to stay AAP MLAs' disqualification

Delhi HC restrains EC from announcing Delhi bypoll dates till 29 January, refuses to stay AAP MLAs' disqualification

FP Staff • January 24, 2018, 16:16:08 IST
Whatsapp Facebook Twitter

The Delhi High Court has directed the Election Commission to not issue any notification on the bypolls till 29 January, which is the next date of hearing of the AAP MLAs’ plea challenging their disqualification.

Advertisement
Subscribe Join Us
Add as a preferred source on Google
Prefer
Firstpost
On
Google
Delhi HC restrains EC from announcing Delhi bypoll dates till 29 January, refuses to stay AAP MLAs' disqualification

The Delhi High Court has directed the Election Commission to not issue any notification on bypolls to the Delhi Assembly till 29 January, which is when it will hear a plea on the matter of disqualification of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs over the “office of profit” row.

20 AAP MLAs case: Delhi High Court asks Election Commission to not issue any notification for Delhi bypolls till next date of hearing on Monday

— ANI (@ANI) January 24, 2018

The high court refused to stay the Centre’s notification disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit, but restrained the Election Commission from taking any “precipitate measures” like announcing the dates for bypolls until 29 January. Justice Vibhu Bakhru sought a response from the poll panel and the Centre on AAP MLAs’ pleas challenging their disqualification.

20 AAP MLAs case: Delhi High Court also seeks reply of all respondents including the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the plea of disqualified MLAs

— ANI (@ANI) January 24, 2018
More from India
CP Radhakrishnan takes oath as Vice President of India CP Radhakrishnan takes oath as Vice President of India Wife and son watching, Indian-origin man beheaded at US motel; suspect illegal migrant, arrested Wife and son watching, Indian-origin man beheaded at US motel; suspect illegal migrant, arrested

The high court summoned entire records pertaining to the proceedings leading to the recommendation of the Election Commission for disqualification of the 20 MLAs. On 19 January, the poll panel had forwarded the recommendation for the disqualification of the 20 AAP MLAs to President Ram Nath Kovind. The legislators immediately moved the high court, but were unable to get any interim relief as the court posted the matter for 22 January. However, on 20 January, the Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification that the president held that the 20 MLAs stand disqualified under Section 15(1)(a) of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act. Ahead of the high court hearing, the AAP MLAs withdrew their plea . Advocate Manish Vashisht, appearing for one of the MLAs, told the court that their application challenging the poll panel’s recommendation had become “infructuous” following the law ministry notification. [caption id=“attachment_4317729” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![Representational image. PTI](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/delhi-high-court-pti3.jpg) Representational image. PTI[/caption] The AAP MLAs then  filed a fresh petition in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking quashing of the notification. The Election Commission had made the recommendation while deciding  a plea filed by advocate Prashant Patel . Patel’s plea sought the disqualification of the MLAs for holding office of parliamentary secretaries, which he had said amounted to “office of profit”. Of these, proceedings against Jarnail Singh were dropped after he resigned as Rajouri Garden MLA to contest the Punjab Assembly polls. The 20 MLAs include Adarsh Shastri (Dwarka), Alka Lamba (Chandni Chowk), Anil Bajpai (Gandhi Nagar), Avtar Singh (Kalkaji), Kailash Gahlot (Najafgarh) — who is also a minister — Madan Lal (Kasturba Nagar), Manoj Kumar (Kondli), Naresh Yadav (Mehrauli), Nitin Tyagi (Laxmi Nagar), Praveen Kumar (Jangpura). Others are: Rajesh Gupta (Wazirpur), Rajesh Rishi Janakpuri), Sanjeev Jha (Burari), Sarita Singh (Rohtas Nagar), Som Dutt (Sadar Bazar), Sharad Kumar (Narela), Shiv Charan Goel (Moti Nagar), Sukhbir Singh (Mundka), Vijendar Garg (Rajinder Nagar) and Jarnail Singh (Tilak Nagar). In their pleas, they had sought a stay on the proceedings before the EC as well as any communication to the president by the poll panel. With inputs from PTI

Tags
BJP Delhi NewsTracker Election Commission Delhi High Court Arvind Kejriwal EC Delhi Assembly Aam Aadmi Party AAP Delhi CM AAP MLA AAP MLAs Office of Profit Prashant Patel lection Commission
End of Article
Latest News
Find us on YouTube
Subscribe
End of Article

Impact Shorts

NDA's CP Radhakrishnan wins vice presidential election

NDA's CP Radhakrishnan wins vice presidential election

CP Radhakrishnan of BJP-led NDA won the vice presidential election with 452 votes, defeating INDIA bloc's B Sudershan Reddy who secured 300 votes. The majority mark was 377.

More Impact Shorts

Top Stories

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Top Shows

Vantage Firstpost America Firstpost Africa First Sports

QUICK LINKS

  • Mumbai Rains
Latest News About Firstpost
Most Searched Categories
  • Web Stories
  • World
  • India
  • Explainers
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Cricket
  • Tech/Auto
  • Entertainment
  • IPL 2025
NETWORK18 SITES
  • News18
  • Money Control
  • CNBC TV18
  • Forbes India
  • Advertise with us
  • Sitemap
Firstpost Logo

is on YouTube

Subscribe Now

Copyright @ 2024. Firstpost - All Rights Reserved

About Us Contact Us Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Terms Of Use
Home Video Shorts Live TV