{"id":55860,"date":"2019-04-01T16:27:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55860"},"modified":"2019-04-01T16:27:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:57:38","slug":"supreme-court-stays-ecs-decision-notifying-talala-assembly-seat-as-vacant-and-declaring-bypolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-stays-ecs-decision-notifying-talala-assembly-seat-as-vacant-and-declaring-bypolls","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court stays EC&#8217;s decision notifying Talala Assembly seat as vacant and declaring bypolls."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"55868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-stays-ecs-decision-notifying-talala-assembly-seat-as-vacant-and-declaring-bypolls\/talala-assembly-seat\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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=\"Talala Assembly seat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55868\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Talala-Assembly-seat.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Election Commission&#8217;s March 10 decision notifying Gujarat&#8217;s Talala Assembly constituency seat as vacant and declaring bypolls there along with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also issued notice to the poll panel on a plea filed by former Congress MLA B D Barad, who had challenged his disqualification as an MLA and the subsequent EC&#8217;s decision notifying the seat as vacant.<\/p>\n<p>Barad has moved the apex court against the Gujarat High Court&#8217;s March 27 verdict dismissing his petition against his disqualification as an MLA and also against the EC&#8217;s decision notifying the bypolls there.<\/p>\n<p>Barad was disqualified as an MLA by the assembly speaker on March 5 following his conviction in a case.<\/p>\n<p>Barad was convicted by a magisterial court on March 1 in a case for offence under section 379 (punishment for theft) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and was sentenced to two years and nine month jail along with a fine of Rs 2,500.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, the magistrate had suspended the sentence and released him on bail.<\/p>\n<p>Later, he challenged the order before a Sessions court which stayed his conviction on March 7.<\/p>\n<p>However, on March 5, the Speaker disqualified Barad and also notified the assembly seat as vacant.<\/p>\n<p>On March 15, the high court had quashed the Sessions court&#8217;s March 7 order staying his conviction in the case.<\/p>\n<p>In its March 27 order, a division bench of the high court had said that it would not interfere with the notification of Election Commission as Barad&#8217;s conviction was not stayed and therefore, his disqualification remains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Election Commission&#8217;s March 10 decision notifying Gujarat&#8217;s Talala Assembly constituency seat as vacant and declaring bypolls there along with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. 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