New Delhi: To defend a law that set mandatory educational qualifications for candidates contesting Panchayat elections in the Haryana, the state government moved the Supreme Court today.
The Haryana government told the court that if it doesn't vacate the stay on the law, then polls that start from October 4 will be cancelled.
Today is the last day of filing the nominations for the election and they will scrutinised on Monday, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, representing the Haryana government, told the court.
He argued that though the court has not stayed the elections, but the stay had implied that polls can't be held.
Based on a petition filed by the All India Democratic Women's Association which said the law violated a candidate's right to contest elections, the court had stayed the law yesterday and issued a notice to the Haryana government seeking its response.
Candidates should also not have a criminal conviction, no pending electricity bills or loan payments and a working toilet, the law had said.
The law had been passed in state assembly after a similar ordinance issued by the BJP government in state was stayed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court following a petition.
More than 72,000 posts of panchayat members, panchayat samitis and zila parishads will be up for vote, nominations for which opened on September 15.
The Haryana government told the court that if it doesn't vacate the stay on the law, then polls that start from October 4 will be cancelled.
Today is the last day of filing the nominations for the election and they will scrutinised on Monday, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, representing the Haryana government, told the court.
He argued that though the court has not stayed the elections, but the stay had implied that polls can't be held.
Based on a petition filed by the All India Democratic Women's Association which said the law violated a candidate's right to contest elections, the court had stayed the law yesterday and issued a notice to the Haryana government seeking its response.
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Candidates should also not have a criminal conviction, no pending electricity bills or loan payments and a working toilet, the law had said.
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The law had been passed in state assembly after a similar ordinance issued by the BJP government in state was stayed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court following a petition.
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More than 72,000 posts of panchayat members, panchayat samitis and zila parishads will be up for vote, nominations for which opened on September 15.
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