{"id":56828,"date":"2019-07-20T14:57:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T09:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56828"},"modified":"2019-07-20T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T09:27:41","slug":"high-court-notice-to-pm-on-plea-challenging-his-varanasi-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/high-court-notice-to-pm-on-plea-challenging-his-varanasi-victory","title":{"rendered":"High Court Notice to PM on Plea Challenging his Varanasi Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Allahabad HC on Friday issued a notice to PM Modi on BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav\u2019s plea challenging his election as MP from Varanasi in 2019, &amp; sought a reply before the next hearing on August 21.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-20T145626.545.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"56829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/high-court-notice-to-pm-on-plea-challenging-his-varanasi-victory\/download-2019-07-20t145626-545\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-20T145626.545.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=\"download &amp;#8211; 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