{"id":44924,"date":"2016-09-17T03:14:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T21:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44924"},"modified":"2016-09-17T03:14:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T21:44:43","slug":"delhi-hc-seeks-centres-reply-plea-electoral-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-seeks-centres-reply-plea-electoral-reforms","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC seeks Centre&#8217;s reply on plea for electoral reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44338\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44338\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-no-allow-provisional-admission-2-institutes\/delhi-hc\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/delhi-HC.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi HC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/delhi-HC.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44338 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/delhi-HC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply on plea for electoral reforms\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/delhi-HC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/delhi-HC.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/delhi-HC.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delhi HC seeks Centre&#8217;s reply on plea for electoral reforms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Delhi High Court today sought the Centre&#8217;s reply on a plea seeking a slew of electoral reform measures, including setting aside of the six-year cap on the period of disqualification from contesting polls on being convicted and sentenced to two years or more.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal asked the Centre to file its response within four weeks and posted the matter for hearing on December 14.<\/p>\n<p>The plea claimed that the restriction of six years on the period of disqualification of a legislator was ultra vires of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>It sought that two sections of Representation of the People Act (RPA) be declared &#8220;void, as they restrict disqualification period upto six years only and allow convicted person to contest Parliament and state assembly elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The plea, filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has also suggested implementation of electoral reforms proposed by the Election Commission and Law Commission which also favour disqualifying a lawmaker even prior to his conviction, at the stage when charges are framed against him for offences which carry a punishment of imprisonment for five or more years.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, it seeks directions to the government to set minimum educational qualifications and maximum age limit for contesting candidates.<\/p>\n<p>It suggests that political parties should have the responsibility to maintain proper accounts of their income and expenditure and get them annually audited by agencies specified by the ECI.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner has sought enhancement of punishment from fine or one year imprisonment to two year jail term for electoral offences like undue influence and bribery at polls and publishing a false statement in connection with an election.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner has also said in his plea that &#8220;candidates violating provisions of the Act should be disqualified and political parties putting up such a candidate should be derecognised and deregistered&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The other issues raised in the plea include, proliferation of non-serious parties, process of recognition and de-recognition of political parties, as well as disclosure of assets and liabilities of parties.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; 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