NEW DELHI: The SC on Wednesday will pronounce its decision whether or not Purno Sangma's petition challenging election of Pranab Mukherjee as president disclosed such material requiring a trial for determination of their veracity.
A five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices P Sathasivam, S S Nijjar, J Chelameswar and Ranjan Gogoi will pronounce the order on Sangma's plea for a trial on his petition seeking quashing of Mukherjee's election. Sangma's counsel Ram Jethmalani had argued that there were documents to show that Mukherjee was disqualified to contest the presidential poll as he had not quit offices of profit — leader of Congress party in LS and chairman of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata — before filing nomination.
AG G E Vahanvati and Mukherjee's counsel, senior advocate Harish Salve, had said these posts were not offices of profit even though the former FM had quit these posts well ahead of filing nomination. tnn
Attorney general G E Vahanvati and Mukherjee's counsel, senior advocate Harish Salve, had said these posts were not offices of profit even though the former finance minister had quit these posts well ahead of filing nomination. Both had requested the court to dismiss Sangma's petition at the preliminary scrutiny stage.
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