Noting that there has been an alarming increase in criminalisation of politics, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed all politicial parties to upload details of pending criminal cases against the candidates on their websites. The top court also ordered political parties to upload reasons for choosing candidates with pending criminal cases on their website. A bench headed by Justice RF Nariman also directed that political parties will publish these details on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and in one local vernacular and one national newspaper. The court directed political parties to submit a compliance report in this regard to the Election Commission within 72 hours of selecting candidates having pending criminal cases against them. The court also noted that serious allegations with 'political overtones' are often being made against candidates.

Source: dna February 13, 2020 05:48 UTC