No e-filing of nominations for W.Bengal polls: SC
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, May 10, 2018, 11:34 PM
New Delhi, May 10: In a setback to parties other than the Trinamool Congress, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Calcutta High Court's order to permit e-filing of nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections and refused to interfere with the election schedule.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud directed the State Election Commission not to notify the results of the seats where the candidates have been elected unopposed.
The apex court also sought responses from the Communist Party of India-Marxist, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party on the SEC plea that challenged the High Court's May 8 order to allow e-nomination and reading into the Representation of People Act, 1954, the provision of the Information Technology Act.