Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Election Commission's Power To Remove/Reduce Period Of Disqualification Of Legislators

Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation challenging the constitutional validity of Section 11 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The matter was heard by a bench comprising by CJI UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi.The PIL has been filed by an NGO, Lok Prahari. At the outset, the counsel for petitioner submitted that Section 11 had to either be...