{"id":58741,"date":"2020-02-03T14:06:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T08:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58741"},"modified":"2020-02-03T14:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T08:40:34","slug":"plea-by-11-independent-candidates-against-nomination-rejection-delhi-high-court-seeks-ec-and-centre-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-by-11-independent-candidates-against-nomination-rejection-delhi-high-court-seeks-ec-and-centre-stand","title":{"rendered":"Plea by 11 Independent candidates against nomination rejection: Delhi High Court seeks EC and Centre stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bhima-koregaon-case-delhi-hc-ends-house-arrest-of-activist-gautam-navlakha\/201810011722549238_koregaonbhima-case-hc-ends-house-arrest-of-delhi-activist_secvpf\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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=\"201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54268\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/201810011722549238_KoregaonBhima-case-HC-ends-house-arrest-of-Delhi-activist_SECVPF.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses of the Election Commission (EC) and the Centre on a plea by 11 Independent candidates challenging rejection of their nominations for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notices to the Centre and the EC seeking their stand on the candidates&#8217; plea, which also challenges a single judge order declining to entertain their petition against rejection of the nominations.<\/p>\n<p>The division bench said it will hear the matter on February 5.<\/p>\n<p>The returning officer (RO) had rejected their nominations on the last date for filing the same.<\/p>\n<p>The plea challenging the rejection was dismissed by a single judge of the high court on January 28 by saying that only an election petition was maintainable after the poll process has started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses of the Election Commission (EC) and the Centre on a plea by 11 Independent candidates challenging rejection of their nominations for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls. 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