{"id":58812,"date":"2020-02-13T13:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58812"},"modified":"2020-02-13T13:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:08:40","slug":"sc-directs-parties-to-upload-on-website-details-of-pending-criminal-cases-against-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-directs-parties-to-upload-on-website-details-of-pending-criminal-cases-against-candidates","title":{"rendered":"SC directs parties to upload on website details of pending criminal cases against candidates."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/presidents-nod-to-increase-number-of-supreme-court-judges\/sc-48\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" 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=\"sc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57117\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all political parties to upload on their website details of pending criminal cases against candidates contesting polls, noting that there has been an alarming increase in criminalisation of politics.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court said political parties will also have to upload reasons for selecting candidates with pending criminal cases on their website.<\/p>\n<p>The court passed orders on a contempt plea which raised the issue of criminalisation of politics claiming that directions given by the apex court in its September 2018 verdict relating to disclosure of criminal antecedents by candidates are not being followed.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman also directed that political parties will publish these details on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and in one local vernacular and one national newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The top court said political parties will have to submit a compliance report in this regard to the Election Commission within 72 hours of selecting candidates having pending criminal cases against them.<\/p>\n<p>It directed that the EC shall bring it to the notice of the apex court in case of failure of political parties to comply with its directions.<\/p>\n<p>While pronouncing the order, the bench said it appears that there has been an alarming increase in criminalisation of politics in the last four general elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all political parties to upload on their website details of pending criminal cases against candidates contesting polls, noting that there has been an alarming increase in criminalisation of politics. 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