{"id":51975,"date":"2018-03-19T15:13:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51975"},"modified":"2018-03-19T15:13:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:43:18","slug":"supreme-court-dismisses-pil-bihar-cm-nitish-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-dismisses-pil-bihar-cm-nitish-kumar","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court dismisses PIL against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" data-attachment-id=\"51983\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-dismisses-pil-bihar-cm-nitish-kumar\/nitish-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?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=\"nitish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51983\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/nitish.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar&#8217;s disqualification as an MLC on the ground that he had allegedly suppressed the fact that a murder case was pending against him from the poll panel.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the chief minister&#8217;s submission that he had disclosed the fact about the pendency of the criminal case to the Election Commission in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not find any merit in the petition. It is dismissed,&#8221; said the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Election Rules say that he (Nitish) should declare it after the trial court takes cognisance of the case,&#8221; the bench said, adding that it has been done.<\/p>\n<p>The chief minister&#8217;s counsel informed the court that the trial has been stayed by the Patna High Court. Moreover, no illegalities have been committed by the chief minister, the counsel said.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL, filed by advocate M L Sharma, had alleged that there was a criminal case against the JD(U) leader in which he was accused of killing a local Congress leader Sitaram Singh and injuring four others ahead of the Lok Sabha by-election from Bihar&#8217;s Barh constituency in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer has sought cancellation of Kumar&#8217;s membership of the state Legislative Council in accordance with the Election Commission&#8217;s 2002 order that it was mandatory for candidates to disclose criminal cases against them in their affidavits annexed to the nomination papers.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the Bihar chief minister did not disclose the criminal case pending against him in affidavits since 2004, except for 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar&#8217;s disqualification as an MLC on the ground that he had allegedly suppressed the fact that a murder case was pending against him from the poll panel. 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