Delhi HC refuses to direct ECI to de-recognise AAP

NEW DELHI, Jan 27: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to examine a plea seeking cancellation of AAP’s registration, alleging it failed to disclose criminal antecedents of the party and its candidates in the upcoming assembly elections.
A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said the Supreme Court had already issued clear and binding guidelines regarding the disclosure of criminal antecedents, and noted there was no existing legal framework that allowed the de-recognition of a political party based on the non-disclosure of such information.
The plea sought a direction to the ECI to cancel the party’s registration arguing not disclosing antecedents was in violation of Supreme Court’s directions.
The SC mandates publishing criminal antecedents by candidates and political parties, the plea filed by one Ashwin Mudgal had said. (PTI)