{"id":55950,"date":"2019-04-15T12:18:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55950"},"modified":"2019-04-15T12:18:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T06:48:36","slug":"gujarat-high-court-terminates-bjp-mlas-election-over-defective-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gujarat-high-court-terminates-bjp-mlas-election-over-defective-nomination","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat High Court terminates BJP MLA&#8217;s election over defective nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/BJP-MLA-Pabubha-Manek.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"55961\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gujarat-high-court-terminates-bjp-mlas-election-over-defective-nomination\/bjp-mla-pabubha-manek\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/BJP-MLA-Pabubha-Manek.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"BJP MLA Pabubha Manek\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/BJP-MLA-Pabubha-Manek.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55961\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/BJP-MLA-Pabubha-Manek.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/BJP-MLA-Pabubha-Manek.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/BJP-MLA-Pabubha-Manek.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The Gujarat High Court Friday invalidated the election of BJP MLA Pabubha Manek from Dwarka for submitting a defective nomination form.<br \/>\nBJP MLA Pabubha Manek&#8217;s victory from the Dwarka Assembly constituency in 2017 was challenged in the Gujarat High Court by his opponent and Congress candidate Meraman Ahir.<\/p>\n<p>Ahir, in his petition, has said Manek&#8217;s election should be set aside as he had submitted a defective nomination form.<\/p>\n<p>Admitting the contention raised by Ahir, Justice Paresh Upadhyay Friday cancelled the election held for the Dwarka seat in December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Though Ahir also sought to declare himself as the winner, the court has not accepted that prayer and only ordered the cancellation of the election.<\/p>\n<p>In his petition, Ahir claimed that Manek forgot to write the name of the constituency in the form, a lapse which calls for cancellation of his election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Gujarat High Court Friday invalidated the election of BJP MLA Pabubha Manek from Dwarka for submitting a defective nomination form. 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