{"id":56560,"date":"2019-07-03T14:38:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56560"},"modified":"2019-07-03T14:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:08:55","slug":"supreme-court-fixes-plea-challenging-maha-cms-election-for-final-disposal-on-jul-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-fixes-plea-challenging-maha-cms-election-for-final-disposal-on-jul-23","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court fixes plea challenging Maha CM&#8217;s election for final disposal on Jul 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Wednesday fixed for final disposal a plea challenging the election of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to the state assembly for alleged non-disclosure of pending criminal cases against him in the nomination papers.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said that it will list the plea for final disposal on July 23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-29.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"56561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-fixes-plea-challenging-maha-cms-election-for-final-disposal-on-jul-23\/download-29\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-29.jpg?fit=299%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"299,168\" 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=\"download (29)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-29.jpg?fit=299%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-29.jpg?fit=299%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-29.jpg?resize=299%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-29.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-29.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>The bench was hearing a petition filed by one Satish Ukey seeking annulment of Fadnavis&#8217;s election to the Maharashtra Assembly on the ground of alleged non-disclosure of all pending criminal cases against him.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the apex court had issued a notice to the chief minister on an appeal by Ukey against a Bombay High Court order which had dismissed his plea challenging the election of Fadnavis.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner had alleged that Fadnavis, in his election affidavit filed in 2014, had failed to disclose the pendency of two criminal cases against him.<\/p>\n<p>It was contended that the chief minister did not disclose the information as required of him under the election law and the non-disclosure of these two pending criminal cases was in violation of Section 125A of the Representation of People&#8217;s Act of 1951 and constituted an offence in itself.<\/p>\n<p>The two cases of alleged cheating and forgery were filed against Fadnavis in 1996 and 1998 but charges were not framed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Wednesday fixed for final disposal a plea challenging the election of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to the state assembly for alleged non-disclosure of pending criminal cases against him in the nomination papers. 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