Identical words used by others and they have been stopped, AM Singhvi on Election Commission clean chit to Modi, Shah

Congress MP Sushmita Dev today told the Supreme Court that the Election Commission has not supplied dissent opinions in its decision on complaints regarding Model Code of Conduct violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah..“Five of the six decisions have dissent. It has not been supplied to us. Reasons have also not been given”, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi submitted on behalf of Dev..Singhvi also assailed the merits of the Election Commission order, stating,.“Identical words were used by other persons and they have been stopped. These two persons have not been stopped.”.Singhvi said that the Court should consider laying down some guidelines so that it proves useful for future elections..“If not for these elections, it will prove useful for future elections.”.The Court asked for a copy of Election Commission orders and Singhvi sought time to place the same on record..The Court granted the same and adjourned the case for Wednesday, May 8..Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi and Advocate Amit Sharma appeared for Election Commission of India..President of the All India Mahila Congress and Member of Parliament Sushmita Dev had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission’s reluctance to proceed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. The petition states,.“It is in public domain that they have indulged in hate speeches, repeatedly used the armed forces for political propaganda, despite a clear prohibition on the same by the Respondent/ECI..Furthermore, the Prime Minister in blatant violation of the MCC held a rally on the day of polling in Gujarat on April 23rd, 2019 i.e. date of voting in the third phase of the election.”.While issuing notice in the petition, the Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph stated that the Commission would have the liberty to pass any appropriate orders that it deems fit..When the matter was taken up on May 2, the Court directed the Election Commission to decide on the pending complaints before it against Modi and Shah before May 6..The Commission subsequently gave a clean chit to both Modi and Shah, although the order is not available on the ECI website..[Read Order].Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.