INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Raising questions on whether a person contesting elections can be accused of giving false information regarding his educational
qualifications, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that the voters in the country hardly take a decision on the basis of the academic
background of a candidate."Only in Kerala, educational qualification can influence voting patterns
When people go to vote, they take a decision on different considerations," a bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna
candidate Anugrah Narayan Singh challenging election of MLA Harsh Vardhan Bajpayee in 2017 assembly poll in UP on the ground that the
winning candidate had lied in declaring his educational qualification
It was contended that he had claimed to have passed out of a UK-based university but that there was no such educational institution in
The petitioner also pointed out other discrepancies in the declaration, but the bench was not convinced.The bench, however, said that the
tenure of the 2017 assembly had come to an end and no purpose would be served to adjudicate the case
As the BJP leader won assembly election in 2022 as well, the court made it clear that dismissal of the case would not come in the way of the
petitioner to challenge his 2022 election.
