Allahabad HC Issues Notice to All 10 Newly Elected RS Members on Disqualified Candidate s Plea
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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has issued notice to all 10 newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha on a petition filed by businessman Prakash Bajaj claiming that the returning officer had wrongly rejected his nomination. The high court on Friday fixed January 27 as the next date of hearing in the matter. A bench of Justice Jaspreet Singh passed the order on the election petition moved by Bajaj who contended that the returning officer had wrongly rejected his nomination citing fault in the affidavit and form and all ten candidates were declared elected unopposed on November 2. Since the nomination was arbitrarily rejected, the elections should be conducted afresh, the petitioner demanded.