Parmod KumarNew Delhi, June 11 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on Friday (June 12) a petition filed by Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan challenging the rejection of her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh, even as it raised a question on the maintainability of the plea.
The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar by senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Natarajan.
Singhvi urged the Court to take up the matter urgently, pointing out that Thursday was the last date for withdrawal of nominations and that the case could not await hearing on Friday. He also sought a stay on the declaration of the elect...