{"id":58737,"date":"2020-02-01T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T09:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58737"},"modified":"2020-02-01T15:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T09:42:33","slug":"sc-stays-hc-proceedings-on-plea-challenging-kanimozhis-election-in-ls-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-stays-hc-proceedings-on-plea-challenging-kanimozhis-election-in-ls-polls","title":{"rendered":"SC stays HC proceedings on plea challenging Kanimozhi&#8217;s election in LS polls."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Kanimozhi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/2g-kanimozhi-moves-sc-seeking-urgent-hearing\/kanimozhi-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Kanimozhi.jpg?fit=193%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"193,261\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Kanimozhi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Kanimozhi.jpg?fit=184%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Kanimozhi.jpg?resize=193%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Kanimozhi.jpg?w=193&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Kanimozhi.jpg?resize=110%2C150&amp;ssl=1 110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Kanimozhi.jpg?resize=184%2C250&amp;ssl=1 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Madras High Court proceedings on a petition challenging the election of DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi from Thoothukudi constituency in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant took note of the submissions of the DMK leader&#8217;s lawyer and stayed the proceedings before the Madras High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Kanimozhi contested from the Thoothukudi constituency in 2019 and her election was challenged by a voter, A Sanathana Kumar, on the grounds that she failed to mention her husband&#8217;s Permanent Account Number (PAN) in her election affidavit disclosing family assets.<\/p>\n<p>The Madras High Court had earlier rejected the plea of Kanimozhi seeking dismissal of two election petitions filed by the voter and a BJP leader separately challenging her election to the Lok Sabha.<\/p>\n<p>The election petition should necessarily be taken to its logical end, it had said.<\/p>\n<p>While dismissing Kanimozhi&#8217;s plea, the high court had said that the election petitioner must be given a chance to marshal evidence to prove his claim of improper acceptance of nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The DMK leader had said her husband was an NRI living in Singapore and he neither possessed a PAN card nor does he pay any income tax in India.<\/p>\n<p>Kanimozhi had defeated her nearest rival Tamilisai Soundararajan (now Governor of Telangana) of BJP.<\/p>\n<p>Another plea challenging the election of Kanimozhi was filed by Soundararajan, who withdrew the plea after becoming Governor of Telangana.<\/p>\n<p>A Muthuramalingam, a local BJP leader, has substituted Soundararajan as a party in the high court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Madras High Court proceedings on a petition challenging the election of DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi from Thoothukudi constituency in Tamil Nadu. 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