{"id":46579,"date":"2017-01-18T04:56:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46579"},"modified":"2017-01-18T04:56:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:26:36","slug":"bibi-jagir-kaur-cant-run-polls-sc-rejects-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bibi-jagir-kaur-cant-run-polls-sc-rejects-plea","title":{"rendered":"Bibi Jagir Kaur can&#8217;t run polls as SC rejects her plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41936\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/plea.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41936\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/illegal-reject-plea-without-suers-evidence\/plea\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/plea.png?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" 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=\"plea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;plea &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/plea.png?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-41936 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/plea.png?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bibi Jagir Kaur can't run polls as SC rejects her plea\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/plea.png?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/plea.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/plea.png?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bibi Jagir Kaur can&#8217;t run polls as SC rejects her plea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today rejected Akali Dal leader and former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur&#8217;s plea for suspension of her conviction in the 2000 murder case of her daughter Harpreet Kaur to enable her contest the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>A bench, comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit, refused to entertain the plea of Kaur by brushing aside the submission that she was only convicted on charge of conspiracy and not for murder.<\/p>\n<p>Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for Kaur, said the leader had been sentenced for five years by a trial court on the charge of conspiracy but not for murder. Suspension of the sentence will enable her to contest the polls, he contended.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Punjab and Haryana High Court had already stayed the sentence and if the apex court stayed the conviction, then she can contest the polls.<\/p>\n<p>While the sentence was stayed earlier, the high court bench had yesterday dismissed a similar plea by Kaur seeking stay on her conviction in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Kaur&#8217;s conviction with sentencing of more than two years period makes her ineligible to contest the election as per the Representation of People Act, 1951.<\/p>\n<p>She is out on bail since November 2012 but her appeal against the special CBI court&#8217;s sentence is still pending in the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>On January 8, 2010, the apex court had directed the Sessions Court to expeditiously decide the case and complete it in six months.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, she was convicted for offences &#8211; forcible abortion, wrongful confinement, abduction and criminal conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>The former Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) chief&#8217;s daughter Harpreet had allegedly married a person against the wishes of her mother. Harpreet was found dead under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today rejected Akali Dal leader and former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur&#8217;s plea for suspension of her conviction in the 2000 murder case of her daughter Harpreet Kaur to enable her contest the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab. 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