‘The decision of the Returning Officer would be sustained. His petition under Article 32 of the Constitution is not maintainable
SC rejects Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea against RS nomination rejection: Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan has received a big blow from the Supreme Court. The court dismissed the plea of Meenakshi Natarajan, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, challenging the cancellation of her nomination papers. After hearing all the arguments, the court pronounced this verdict.
The Supreme Court clearly refused to interfere in the electoral process.‘The decision of the Returning Officer would be sustained. His petition under Article 32 of the Constitution is not maintainable. We are not inclined to entertain it and order its dismissal,’ the court said.
Advocate Sanket Gupta, appearing for the BJP, argued that former Mandsaur MP Natarajan had deliberately concealed information about an ongoing legal case in his election affidavit. Records produced during scrutiny revealed that a case under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code (BNS) was registered against Natarajan in Hyderabad, Telangana, in mid-2025, after which he was issued a court summons. The BJP argued that failure to provide information on any pending summons or case was a violation of the Supreme Court’s clear directives and gross negligence in filing nominations.
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