- A bench of Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat ordered that it is mandatory for political parties to upload criminal past of candidates.
- India recorded an increase of 44% in the number of MPs with declared criminal cases since 2019.
The Supreme Court of India today ordered all the political parties to upload credentials, achievements and criminal antecedents of their candidates on their website. It also asked them to specify the reasons behind their selection.
A bench of Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat ordered that it is mandatory for political parties to give justification for not choosing a candidate with a clean image and giving tickets to a candidate with a criminal past, instead. They further said the reasons must include details like a candidate’s qualifications, achievements, and other merit work.
“Political parties must put all the information in public domain about a candidate within 48 hours after clearing the name and the party must also submit a report regarding publication within 24 hours after the nomination of the candidate,” read the Supreme Court order. The parties will be liable for contempt if they fail to comply with the rules, said the top court.
The Election Commission can file a contempt petition in courts if the party fails to follow the order.
India recorded an increase of 44% in the number of MPs with declared criminal cases since 2019. In Lok Sabha election 2019, as many as 233 (about 43%) out of 539 winners declared criminal cases against themselves.
List of BJP sitting MPs with criminal background:
Name
| Constituency
| Total Cases/Charges
|
Ajay Nishad
| Muzaffarpur
| 3 charges
|
Anurag Singh Thakur
| Hamirpur
| 13 charges
|
Ajay Kumar
| Kheri
| 1
|
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur
| Bhopal
| 1
|
Chhatar Singh Darbar
| Dhar
| 1
|
Horen Singh Bey
| Autonomous District
| 2
|
Sri Nisith Pramanik
| Cooch Behar
| 11
|
Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak
| Mumbai North East
| 2
|
Jagdambika Pal
| Domariyaganj
| 3
|
Arun Kumar Sagar
| Shahjahanpur
| 1 Charge
|
10. Rajbahadur Singh
| Sagar
| 1
|
Ashok Kumar Yadav
| Madhubani
| 14 charges
|
Ashwini Kumar Choubey
| Buxar
| 17 charges
|
Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
| Jalau
| 1
|
Bhola Singh
| Bulandshahr
| 1
|
Bidyut Baran Mahato
| Jamshedpur
| 3
|
Brij Bhushan Sharam Singh
| Kaiser Ganj
| 3
|
Chattar Singh Darbar
| Dhar
| 1
|
Chhedi Paswan
| Sasaram
| 4
|
Dilip Kumar Ghosh
| Medinipur
| 14
|
Ganesh Singh
| Satna
| 2
|
Gautam Gambhir
| East Delhi
| 1
|
Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi
| Basti
| 5
|
Jagannath Sarkar
| Ranaghat
| 1
|
Jagdambika Pal
| Domariyaganj
| 3
|
Tsering Namgyal
| Ladakh
| 1
|
Janardan Singh Sigriwal
| Maharajganj
| 5
|
Jitendra Singh
| Alwar
| 2
|
John Barla
| Alipurduars
| 9
|
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
| Purlia
| 2
|
Kamlesh Paswan
| Bansgaon
| 5
|
Kaushal Kishore
| Mohanlalganj
| 1
|
Keshari Devi Patel
| Phulpur
| 2
|
Khan Saumitra
| Bishnupur
| 6
|
Kishan Kapoor
| Kangra
| 2
|
Kunwar Pushpendra Singh
| Hamirpur
| 4
|
Lallu Singh
| Faizabad
| 1
|
Locket Chatterjee
| Hooghly
| 14
|
Narendra Kumar
| Jhunjhunu
| 1
|
Narendra Singh Tomar
| Morena
| 1
|
Nishikant Dubey
| Godda
| 4
|
Om Birla
| Kota
| 1
|
Pankaj Choudhary
| Maharajganj
| 5
|
Source:mynetapp.info