Parliament Must Ensure Politicians With Criminal Charges Don't Contest Elections: SC
Nimrat Kaur
September 25th 2018 12:18 PM
Parliament Must Ensure Politicians With Criminal Charges Don't Contest Elections: SC
The Supreme Court held that each candidate shall declare his/her criminal antecedents to the election commission before contesting an election, here on Tuesday. "Parliament must ensure that criminals must not come to politics," the court said, adding, "No bar on criminal antecedents of political leaders, it's Parliament to make laws: CJI while reading out verdict on PIL seeking to disqualify candidates contesting polls after court frames charges against them".