{"id":47487,"date":"2017-03-22T09:11:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T03:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47487"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:11:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T03:41:59","slug":"madras-hc-disposes-plea-dinakarans-candidature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-disposes-plea-dinakarans-candidature","title":{"rendered":"Madras HC disposes of plea against Dinakaran&#8217;s candidature"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45546\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-seeking-declare-jayas-election-void\/madras-high-court-10\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"276,183\" 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=\"madras-high-court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?resize=276%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Madras HC disposes of plea against Dinakaran's candidature\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?w=276&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madras HC disposes of plea against Dinakaran&#8217;s candidature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Observing that it cannot interfere in policy matters of government, the Madras High Court today disposed of a petition challenging AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran&#8217;s candidature for the April 12 RK Nagar Assembly bypoll on the ground he had been penalised in FERA cases.<\/p>\n<p>When the PIL came up before the first bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh and Justice RMT Teeka Raman, it directed the petitioner to approach the authorities concerned &#8220;for the remedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner P A Joseph, a city resident, referred to cases against Dinakaran under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), including one in which a Rs 28 crore penalty has been slapped on him.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner had questioned the provision in the Representation of People Act which disqualified only convicted people from contesting elections.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament has no power to restrict the disqualification only to criminal conviction and cannot defer disqualification of a person found guilty of the charge of contravention of provisions of FERA, he had submitted.<\/p>\n<p>He prayed the court to declare Sections 8(1)(c)and 8(1)(e) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 as &#8220;illegal and unconstitutional&#8221; in so far as restricting disqualification only in cases of criminal conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Disposing of the petition, the bench opined that the court cannot interfere with the policy matters of the government and it is fully under the domain of the Executive.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Observing that it cannot interfere in policy matters of government, the Madras High Court today disposed of a petition challenging AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran&#8217;s candidature for the April 12 RK Nagar Assembly bypoll on the ground he had been penalised in FERA cases. 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